Traveling as social human being—METRO RAILWAY NEW DELHI
Life has changed almost from day to
night from darkness to sunshine
Poor and rich flying same type of kite
Hot city got to air conditioned ride
without mosquito bite
Friends and work became into our
stride.
Shopping, history, school and offices
are in everyone’s sight
NEW DELHI METRO has came late but it is within
our sight
You know traveling or
commuting makes mankind social and apart from other animals in the universe, so
we need something to move out from our shelters. We need social commuting ride,
which can only make our life and human.
It is machine in
nature so it is bound to make errors, with its popularity and rise in passengers
some time we get struck and gutted jammed. But we should respect its ride which
at least saves time and gives security.
New Delhi, metro has
been the best thing happen to the city. All walks of life traveling together.
Take ego apart, it is saving energy, money, time stress and making system to
reach out more to earn living and make community stronger.
New Delhi, has now
almost everything to be world class, metro is exception in its life.
Why New York, USA, is the biggest city in terms of work,
culture, money, art and politics, because of it is metro, which started in 27th
October 1904, While London boasts the world's
oldest underground train network (opened in 1863) and Boston built the first
subway in the USA in 1897, the New York City subway soon became the largest
American system.
The London
Underground is one of the world's
oldest and busiest metro
systems carrying just over three million passengers each day.
So New Delhi is late in keeping entry of Metro
Train system. I still remember the days of commuting in New Delhi, those days
traffic jams, pollution and lack of wider roads, made every day worse for every
resident of the city.
In cities like New York,
where 70% of population using public transport reach out places. And metro
train is the most apart from buses and radio taxis. New Delhi, with its vast geography,
which is circle in format and population of 15 million people, commuting is the
problem. So we need man systems to keep the movement going.
Another problem is New Delhi is that
city is hub of politics, fiance and education for all over country. Beside that,
it is being center of almost 6 states all around. From where commercial Vehicle pass through their final destinations.
So problem of heavy traffic is common. Secondly having car of themselves is the
nature of city’s resident is unlikely not common for developed metro city. This
is big problem, not having good public transport; people use their own Vehicle, which makes traffic conditions worse
for the city.
So here what we got, Mass
Rapid Transport System, named metro train,
In economical terms,
public transport is the best transport to reach out places where we need to.
Wheel is the biggest
innovation for human mankind. This circle has made life so easy for us that we
cannot imagine without it. We have to come back from where we have started it
is nature of circle.
Although we know our mother earth is round and mine city New
Delhi is round. Life is name of movement. Time never stops, so all human being
need to move.
Delhi and NCR has approximately 8,527,000 km of roads which are congestive stage and broadens up can not solve the problem.
A modern city has the
biggest problem of commuting. Those have chosen to live in big cities have to
face commuting problem, in all sense, means time consuming, painful, stressful,
expensive and above all polluting.
LIFE IN NEW DELHI WITH
METRO REACHING ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY---
This is long feature
of mine, should be read in my book .But here I say some thing in brief. This
city has lot of things and places to see, watch, walk, study and work. But to
reach out these places is like travelling from London to France or Germany to Switzerland,
yes it takes 2-4 hours to reach out 40 to 60 Kilometers by road, roads with traffic
jams and pot holes, roads which take time, money peace and energy away from the
riders. Where as metro gives relax, peace, saving on money and time.
Students can reach out
collages of their choice easily and convenience, workers can select their job
sites easily. People like me can attend events in different parts of city easily.
So here we are academically, culturally and socially connected without internet
and that is physical.
My kids can explore
city’s history and colonial buildings every weekend and can attend hobby
classes at center of art hubs in the city.
Old people can travel
alone and can reach doctors and hospitals of their choice with comfort, please
give them seats as they needed most. Above all we have handicap friendly railway
station at all metro lines.
Socially, I felt we
are much more connected with metro reaching all 4 corners of the city, people
attend marriages often; go to see old friends and family in weekends. I meet my
friend after 27 years because of metro and attended family function after 8 years.
So I feel dramatic and fantastic changes in social structure of the city.
With start of Airport
express line, it is more reasonable to go to airport and central Delhi railway station;
although this line is suitable for me the most because I live near by this line.
But above all it is just like saving money of high airport parking and time.
BECAUSE OF METRO POOR CAN FEEL
RICH===
Jobs have been created for middle and poor class in the city.
Poor worker can travel air conditioned ride in the hot humid city of Delhi,
where air-conditioned is the name of luxury and expensive.
Small vendors can sell peanuts outside station and can
reach out to people.
What else we need from metro. I will discuss more on impact
of metro in upgrading poor and middle class society status in the city name New
Delhi.
REAL ESTATE PRICES JUMPS UP WITH
METRO STATION===
You can have the
highest growing of millionaire rate in New Delhi after China, those can afford Porsche
and Mercedes at one go, but their reach out of home should be near metro as
they need their family, friends and workers to travel to them by their own
means and they might not having car, so metro helps. This process has made real
estate prices go up for towns having reached near metro stations.
Believe me I have seen
in 10 years that, real estate prices of residence and commercial places have
gone more upward just because of metro reach. Residential towns in Delhi those
were earlier called posh, but not having metro station are less priced than
places having metro station near by.
I will discuss my economic
and marketing skills on metro impact chart in my book..
HISTORY
OF NEW DELHI METRO-----
New
Delhi bureaucrats had metro concept in 1969, but it took long time to plan it.
With increase in population and pressure of the city, urban planning ministry
of India and Delhi Development Authority came up a metro proposal in 1984. The
Government of India and the Government of Delhi jointly set up a company called
the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on March 5, 1995 with E.
Sreedharan
as the managing director.
Dr.
E. Sreedharan handed over charge as MD, DMRC to Shri Mangu Singh on 31st
December 2011.
Construction
work on the Delhi Metro started on October 1, 1998 which was badly delayed The
DMRC then consulted the Hong Kong MTR on rapid transit operation and
construction techniques The first line of the Delhi Metro was inaugurated by A.B.
Vajpayee, the then Prime Minister of India on December 24/02 .The
first phase of the project was completed in 2006.
As
of August 27, 2011, the whole of Phase-I and Phase-II are complete, with the
network comprising six lines with 142 metro stations and a total length of
189.7 km. Trains operate at a frequency of 3 to 4.5 minutes between 6:00
and 23:00. Trains operating within the network typically travel at speeds below
80 km/h (50 mph).
At
present we have completed 180KM and by 2015-16 metro railway planning we will
have 300 plus KM by 2010-12 projection we will have the highest metro railway
network in world.
For metro routes and connection please visit metro
website. Or check nay metro station and get free rote maps. Also get free brochure
at every hotel you stay in New Delhi.
I am witting this feature became of positive impacts of
metro railway on my city New Delhi, hope
I can write full book for travels from around the world and they can enjoy
tourist and food map of the city which I feel I can rewire and offer with best
of my info
Hope you look forward for my book….
Thanks
Shailesh Sharma Pokhriyal
Dawrka,New Delhi Sub-Urban township 5/2/2012……………………
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