As per a written reply submitted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair in Lok Sabha in December 2021, Srinagar and Jammu were among five cities for which respective governments had sought financial assistance from the Centre.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has proposed two metro lines for the region — one each in Srinagar and Jammu cities. “The proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for ministerial consultation,” J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha told
J&K currently does not have a metro line and if cleared, it will be the first for the region and is expected to boost the public transport system of both cities.
“Since a metro line like Delhi will not be possible for J&K, a MetroLite has been proposed. I think there was some consultation on whether a MetroNeo should be approved for Srinagar and Jammu but I think a MetroLite is what we are looking at, for now,” Sinha said.
Under the proposal, the J&K administration has proposed a 25 km line in Srinagar and a 23 km line in Jammu.
As per a written reply submitted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair in Lok Sabha in December 2021, Srinagar and Jammu were among five cities for which respective governments had sought financial assistance from the Centre.
“MetroLite” is a light urban rail transit system with lesser capacity at much less cost. In addition to less capital cost, the operation and maintenance cost of Metrolite would also be less, making the system more viable, as per the Ministry.
The low capital cost of these new transit modes, MetroLite and MetroNeo, against the high-capacity metro rail is due to light civil structure, lesser axle load, smaller stations, low power rated electrical equipment, low operation and maintenance cost, etc. These systems can also be used as a feeder system to conventional metro rail.
