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Lucknow metro begins work on Faizabad Road, does Bhoomi puja for remaining corridor

| Thursday | 20th October, 2016

LUCKNOW : Lucknow metro team announced to start work on metro corridor from KD Singh Babu Stadium to Munshipulia from October 19 after the managing director and other officials performed Bhoomi puja on Faizabad Road in front of HAL. The state government is planning to begin commercial operation of metro corridor from Transport Nagar to Charbagh by March 2017. "Keshav said that this stretch would not require any traffic diversion as both University and Faizabad Road have enough road-width. LMRC has begun piling work (underground pillar) in front of HAL and said that it would take up construction of piles at three important points on Faizabad Road. LMRC aims to complete the 3.5m underground corridor also by 2019.

LUCKNOW : Lucknow metro team announced to start work on metro corridor from KD Singh Babu Stadium to Munshipulia from October 19 after the managing director and other officials performed Bhoomi puja on Faizabad Road in front of HAL. The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) said that metro trains would be able to run on complete 23 km North-South corridor by March 2019.The stretch would comprise 8 elevated stations namely KD Singh Babu Stadium, Vishwavidyalaya, IT Chouraha, Mahanagar, Lekhraj Market, Ram Sagar Mishra Nagar, Indira Nagar and Munshipulia. LMRC has begun piling work (underground pillar) in front of HAL and said that it would take up construction of piles at three important points on Faizabad Road. LMRC MD, Kumar Keshav said, "One point of construction is in front of Hal and the other two would be decided soon depending on convenience of public."Keshav said that this stretch would not require any traffic diversion as both University and Faizabad Road have enough road-width. LMRC aims to complete the 3.5m underground corridor also by 2019. This stretch comprising 3 stations- Hazratganj, Sachivalaya and Hussainabad are already under construction. Meanwhile the company manufacturing metro coaches for Lucknow corridor- Alstom has agreed to handover first set of 4 coaches by November 23.However LMRC claimed that they have pushed the company to supply coaches a little before- by November 16 so that trials of train can take place early. The state government is planning to begin commercial operation of metro corridor from Transport Nagar to Charbagh by March 2017.

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