Maha cabinet approves Nashik metro rail project 

Np News 24 Mumbai : The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a Rs 2100-crore Nashik metro rail project which will be operated on electricity and battery power. It is a state-of-the-art Mass Rapid Transit System ‘Metro Neo’.

The concept of Nashik Metro Neo was formulated after a very extensive and comprehensive technical consultation, interactions and due diligence with several stakeholders/technical experts.

“The system is eco-friendly, energy-efficient, reliable, safe and capable of providing an efficient mass public transport system which is ideally suitable for the traffic need of cities having a population similar to Nashik in India as well as similar cities abroad,” a government statement read.

“Under the project, two trackless elevated corridors will be developed,” the statement said. One of the corridors is between Gangapur and Nashik (line 1) of 22.5 km length which will have 20 stations. The line 2, of 10.5 km length, will be laid between Gangapur and Mumbai Naka, which will have 10 stations, it said.

“The project will be implemented by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro), a special purpose vehicle of the Central and the Maharashtra governments,” it added.  The MahaMetro has already submitted the feasibility report to the State government, CIDCO and Nashik Municipal Corporation for feedback. A detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared based on the feedback.

Officials said that it would take MahaMetro five years to finish the project, which would be able to cater to public transport needs in Nashik for the next 30 years.