Join Pinjore, Kalka, Zirakpur with Chandigarh by means of metro: Haryana CM
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday stated metro connectivity ought to be prolonged to Panchkula district’s Pinjore and Kalka cities from Chandigarh and Zirakpur city in Punjab underneath the Complete Mobility Plan (CMP).
These routes ought to be included within the first section of the metro challenge, he stated at a gathering of the Complete Mobility Plan, chaired by Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Banwarilal Purohit, right here.
Punjab Tourism Minister Anmol Gagan Mann, Chandigarh Mayor Anup Gupta, Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal, together with senior officers from Chandigarh and Punjab, had been current on the assembly.
An in depth presentation on the great mobility plan for the tricity which incorporates Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali was given by officers of the Rail India Technical and Financial Companies (RITES).
Varied proposals for mass fast transport system to sort out tricity’s rising site visitors congestion was mentioned.
Throughout the assembly, the Chief Minister recommended that essential locations like PGIMER, the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket and Punjab and Haryana’s joint secretariats and Vidhan Sabha also needs to be added within the first section of the metro.
“Pinjore and Kalka ought to be linked with Chandigarh underneath the metro plan because it the gateway of Himachal Pradesh and motion of a lot of folks takes locations in the direction of Panchkula and Chandigarh every day. It will additional strengthen the Panchkula-Chandigarh connectivity, guaranteeing clean move of site visitors,” Khattar stated.
He additionally recommended that the airport connectivity to Panchkula ought to be thought-about underneath the plan. “The metro ought to purpose to enhance and facilitate airport connectivity. A timeline on this regard ought to be ready and it ought to be included underneath the mobility plan,” he added.
In addition to, the Chief Minister additionally recommended that the world of the Ghaggar river and new Panchkula extension also needs to be included within the enlargement of the metro.