Title - Ludhiana Commissioner now MD of Metro project

Giving a push to the much-awaited Ludhiana Metro project, the Punjab Government on Sunday appointed Ludhiana Commissioner as project’s Managing Director.Punjab Deputy Chief Minster Sukhbir Singh Badal, while putting the Ludhiana Metro project on fast track, made the Commissioner responsible for time bound completion of this prestigious project which is set to put Ludhiana on the international business radar.SAD-BJP Government was committed to solving the lingering traffic snarls in industrial city Ludhiana and his dream project of Ludhiana metro has to be completed within five years, said Sukhbir while reviewing the progress of Ludhiana metro.Going into details of route plan, Sukhbir instructed the authority that as the land required for the execution of project has to be provided by the State Government we have to ensure that there was minimal displacement of people across the city for the execution of this project.It was informed in the meeting that for the Ludhiana Metro Rail Project, Corridor-I would be 15.798 km long and would run from Ayali Chowk on Ferozepur Road to BBMB Power House on the Chandigarh Road.They informed that it would have a total of 14 stations — 10 elevated and four underground. Deputy Commissioner Ludhiana informed that Corridor-II would be 13.035 km and start from Gill village and end at the Rahon Road octroi post and this corridor would have 13 stations — six elevated and seven underground.

It may be added that the Punjab Government had already decided that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) would be its official consultant for turning into reality the Ludhiana rapid transit transportation (metro rail) project. A special purpose vehicle, the Ludhiana Metro Rail Corporation, will be established to coordinate the requisite process or measures to pursue the project.