Madhavaram-Retteri Stretch Likely to Start from 2026, Details Here

Almost each metropolis in India has a metro practice service now. One of them is Chennai. The metro rail has been operational within the Tamil Nadu capital since 2015. Currently, preparations are underway to end Phase II of the community to enhance connectivity on this key metropolis in southern India.

The first batch of driverless coaches is on its manner to Chennai Metro and the autonomous carriages are anticipated to arrive by August 2024. The second section of the Chennai metro will cowl about 118.9 kilometres. This will embrace the 11-kilometer stretch from Madhavaram to Retteri which might be utterly operational by the tip of 2026.

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Phase 2 of the undertaking may have three new traces with a complete value of Rs 61,843 crore. This quantity is lower than the sooner Rs 69,180 crore and officers had to make some cost-cutting strikes. One of them was to put off stations that had been very shut to one another. According to the Times of India, the stations, six in all, have been eliminated from the Chennai Metro Phase-2 undertaking. The determination is anticipated to save almost Rs 1,200 crore. The stations had been deliberate to be situated at Doveton Junction, Foreshore Estate, Natesan Park, Meenakshi College, Thapal Petti and at St Joseph’s College.

Now Phase – 2 may have a complete of 128 stations out of which 48 might be underground. The undertaking is estimated to be full by 2026. Chennai Metro Rail Limited spokesman L Girirajan mentioned that together with the brief distances between the six cancelled stations, the one proposed at Thapal Petti in Madhavaram would have had a pointy flip that would have been a troublesome problem.

The cancellation of the Thapal Petti station from the plan has led residents of Madhavaram to strategy courts. T Okay Mohandoss, president, Palaniappa Nagar Civic Association, Thapal Petti, mentioned in assertion, “We heard through media reports that the station was dropped from the plan as they expect low footfalls. There are nearly 30,000 people living around the location where it was planned. It will be within walking distance for us and will also be easily accessible for Kodungaiyur residents. Otherwise, the nearest stations – Murari Hospital and Madhavaram Milk Colony – are nearly 1km away,”

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