Barely has the ink dried on the proposal to extend Metro to Dakshineswar from Dum Dum. But that hasn’t prevented the left MPs to make a fresh demand to have the Metro running till Baruipur from Garia in the southern fringes.
Demands don’t need accountability, which is one reason why the politicians don’t impose demands on themselves for such dire needs as making the Tollygunge-Garia Metro operational at the earliest…or for that matter ensuring the Baghajatin flyover on EM Bypass re-instated without any delay.
Kolkata hasn’t seen development for ages. And now when something is happening, the severe lack of speed is putting enormous hardships on the residents. A ready example is the tardy progress in laying of deep underground sewer pipes.
Somehow I can’t believe that the delays are not deliberate, which critics say are ploys to apportion funds. I dare not say that is the case. After all I’ve to run this blog, you see!
Coming back to the northern extension of Metro to Dakshineswar, the reports have it that the project is likely to start soon. An image of probable line alignment is given below, courtesy Anandabazar Patrika.
Meanwhile the East-West Metro from Salt Lake to Howrah is definitely happening. Funds have been lined up, part of which is a soft loan from Japan.
For once this project may actually be completed in time (2014). For, if not, JBIC, the Japanese lender, will impose stiff penalty.
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