Mono Rail can solve City's problems, says expert

Mono Rail can solve City's problems, says expert
DH News Service, Bangalore:
The Mono Rail project is an answer to the growing transportation needs of Bangalore, and is on par with the Citys technological status, said Managing Director of the Geodesic Techniques Srinidhi Anantharaman at a presentation to engineers here on Wednesday.

Addressing a group of engineers at the Institute of Engineers on Wednesday, Anantharaman said the project has number of benefits. “It connects densely populated areas, creates additional transit capacities, decongests roads, reduces journey time, eliminates air and noise pollution, safer due to grade separator and is cost efficient,” he added.

He said the mono rail is a 800 mm-wide dedicated corridor with slender concrete beams and can be constructed within a short span of time with minimal disruption. The mono rail corridors can be developed using the pre-cast beams. On the longevity, Anantharaman said the life of the infrastructure spans about 120 years.

Rail corridors

He said, there will be four mono rail corridors, which may be coming up in Bangalore under public private partnership (PPP) basis. The routes are- Gaali Anjaneya Temple to Basava Circle via Basaveshwaranagar, Sujata Talkies to Agara Lake, Gaali Anjaneya temple to Wilson Garden and from Cantonment to Indiranagar.

He expected the red line corridor from Gaali Anjaneya Temple to Basava Circle can start from next year in January and can conclude by July 2012. The green line can start from January 2011 to July 2013, the third corridor, which again is a red corridor could start from Jan 2012 to July 2013 and the fourth corridor, which is blue line can start from January 2013 to June 2014.

His firm had reportedly conducted a feasibility study on the project.

Later, the director, infrastructure, of the Geodesic Techniques Sumitra Iyengar said the project would never affect the greenery. Only about 300 trees are likely to be affected. These could be shifted whereas branches of some 600-odd trees will be cut, said
Sumitra.