Chandigarh: The underground tunnel project for an alternative route to the Chandigarh international airport at Mohali faces a hurdle due to its high cost as proposed by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Sources said the Haryana Government had expressed its reservation over the high cost of Rs 1,217 crore involved in the implementation of the project.
The underground tunnel project is one of the issues to be taken up for discussion at the next meeting of the inter-state council of north zone to be held on September 3.
The sources said besides Haryana, the UT Administration might also seek financial assistance from the Centre for the project.
A UT official said if the Centre agreed to fund the project, it might see the light of the day. Otherwise, arranging funds would not be easy for the states concerned.
The DMRC conducted a techno-economic feasibility study for an alternative route for the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on a request of Haryana. The proposed route was to cut down the distance for people commuting from Chandigarh and Panchkula. The project is a combination of cloverleaf, underground tunnel and main road lanes. In the cost estimate, the road link from Chandigarh to the airport would cost Rs 1,097.99 crore and the cloverleaf and tunnel together would cost around Rs 118.63 crore, thereby bringing the total cost to around Rs 1,216.62 crore.
18/08/19 Ramkrishan Upadhyay/Tribune
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Sources said the Haryana Government had expressed its reservation over the high cost of Rs 1,217 crore involved in the implementation of the project.
The underground tunnel project is one of the issues to be taken up for discussion at the next meeting of the inter-state council of north zone to be held on September 3.
The sources said besides Haryana, the UT Administration might also seek financial assistance from the Centre for the project.
A UT official said if the Centre agreed to fund the project, it might see the light of the day. Otherwise, arranging funds would not be easy for the states concerned.
The DMRC conducted a techno-economic feasibility study for an alternative route for the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on a request of Haryana. The proposed route was to cut down the distance for people commuting from Chandigarh and Panchkula. The project is a combination of cloverleaf, underground tunnel and main road lanes. In the cost estimate, the road link from Chandigarh to the airport would cost Rs 1,097.99 crore and the cloverleaf and tunnel together would cost around Rs 118.63 crore, thereby bringing the total cost to around Rs 1,216.62 crore.
18/08/19 Ramkrishan Upadhyay/Tribune
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