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Metro work to derail traffic
Apr 6, 2012.

NEW DELHI: Brace for major traffic snarls on Ring Road, ITO and Mathura Road for the next two years. With Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) planning to start work on several Metro stations simultaneously, important traffic intersections like ITO, Delhi Gate, Mandi House and Bhagwan Dass Road are expected to be severely affected. Meanwhile, Metro work along Ring Road will influence traffic movement at Bhikaji Cama Place, Naraina, Rajouri Garden, Punjabi Bagh, Prem Bari Pul and Ashok Vihar intersections, says traffic police.

DMRC has submitted its re-worked traffic diversion plan for work on the ITO Metro station to the traffic police for approval. The plan envisages major diversions on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg during the construction period. Said a senior DMRC official, "A presentation on the plan was made to the traffic police. They have asked for more information before they take a decision." Cops have asked for line drawings of the plan as well as Delhi Metro's phase-wise plans for the project, said the source.

Finally, 300 feeder buses to imporve Metro connectivity
Apr 6, 2012.

NEW DELHI: If you've been complaining about the lack of last mile connectivity on Delhi Metro, here's a reason to cheer. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is planning to acquire around 300 feeder buses for the Metro network. The decision comes several months after the transport department gave the go-ahead to DMRC for new routes.

The non air-conditioned buses are expected to connect Metro stations and nearby localities. The tender for the non-AC feeder buses was issued in October last year. The process of procurement of buses is still on and DMRC officials expect them to become functional within the next six months.

The feeder bus service has been one of the weak points of the Delhi Metro network with complaints from commuters regarding the absence of a good feeder bus service having become routine. Commuters have also criticized private bus services and Gramin Sewa vehicles that ply on most routes. Former managing director of DMRC, E Sreedharan, had admitted that the feeder bus service needed to be improved immediately.

With the DMRC expanding its network, ramping up the feeder services is the need of the hour, said the official. The 300 feeder buses are expected to meet this demand. At present, DMRC operates the bus feeder service on 17 routes and other para-transit options like Gramin Sewa run a parallel service. Private services like RTVs also frequently offer the feeder option, especially in border and rural areas. On the routes that are more popular, like those near stations in Dwarka, Yamuna Bank and Pragati Maidan, tussles between DMRC's feeder service and private vehicles are a daily affair.

The Delhi government recently gave the permits for 89 routes to DMRC. The routes, which cover many localities along the Blue line (Dwarka Sector 21-Noida City Centre/Vaishali) corridor, have been in the offing for a long time now.

The routes touch Metro stations like Welcome, Vishwavidyalaya, Pitampura, Rohini, Pragati Maidan, Janakpuri, Dwarka, Yamuna Bank, Mayur Vihar, Chattarpur, Geeta Colony, Jorbagh, Badarpur and Nehru Place besides several other localities.

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