Trains will start transporting passengers on the Jaipur Metro railway system by June 2013, officials have said.
“Jaipur will soon have metro train networks service,” said Chief Minister Rajasthan.
The metro rail network has been developed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) with an investment of $2 billion.
Close to 55 per cent of work on the first phase has been completed with the remainder on course to be completed to schedule.
The metro train system is being developed in two phases, out of which, the development of the first phase is further divided in to two legs, which include IA and IB.
Once both legs have been completed, metro trains will run between Mansarovar, Chandpole and Bari Chaupar.
The project also includes three underground and eight elevated stations in the first phase.
Under the second phase, metro trains will be able to run from Sitapura to Ambabari, covering a distance of 23.099 km.
However, the operation and maintenance of first phase would be carried by the newly-formed Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC).
The Rajasthan state government has already transferred 23.69 hectare of land out the 50 hectares of land need to build the system.
Rolling stock for the first phase has been awarded to a public sector firm, BEML by DMRC.
The detailed project report (DPR) was done by DMRC, technical consultant for the project was Mott MacDonald and financial consultant was Deloitte.
The work contract for signalling and telecom supply has already been awarded by DMRC.
The second phase of the project will be developed on a public private partnership (PPP) model. For which four national and multi-national companies, including Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Gammon Infrastructure-Iridium Concession, Soma-ICF and Essar projects-Samsung C-NT, have been selected for requests for proposal (RFPs).
