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CHENNAI METRO RAIL BRINGS TIRUVOTTIYUR INTO LOOP.

Posted on: 05/Jul/2010 6:10:05 AM

The Chennai Metro Rail project is likely to be extended up to Tiruvottiyur. The detailed project report submitted by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the project consultants, says it is “technically feasible.”

T.V.Somanathan, Managing Director, Chennai Metro Rail, said: “The draft detailed project report has been submitted and after consultation with various government agencies, a decision will be taken soon.”According to him, the consultants have given a “specific alignment” with “some number of stations” between Washermenpet and Tiruvottiyur, which is a nine-kilometre stretch. Initially Tiruvottiyur was left out while fixing the alignment of the final two corridors because  Tiruvottiyur was not under priority as  ridership and relative cost were the priority ,hence taken up first.”

Even Panagal Park, a highly dense locality, was part of the initial study, but cost constraints meant that it was left out of the final alignment.Emphasising that Tiruvottiyur was left out purely because of cost prioritization.