The ridership of Nagpur Metro continues to increase by the day after June 7 and is fast approaching pre-Covid lockdown levels i.e. January and February 2021. The ridership in weekdays of February 2021 was over 20,000, while a record 56,000 Nagpurians had travelled by Metro on January 26 this year.
- Due to safety precautions taken by Maha Metro, people are regaining confidence in travelling by the Nagpur Metro.
- Metro trains and stations are disinfected frequently.
- While sanitizing metro stations, emphasis is on areas which are occupied or mostly used.
- The sanitization activity is as per norms and procedures.
- The metro staff wears masks and hand gloves all the time.
- Maha Metro staff regularly sanitizes all the touch points in the trains and stations.
- While the agency encourages digital fare transactions, its staff sanitizes the currency notes paid by passengers using ultra-violet rays.
- These notes are kept separately.
- These advisories issued by the central and state governments and the local authorities are regularly communicated to the commuters.
- Regular announcements are made on public address systems, both at stations and trains, in this regard.
Zero Mile Metro Station to be renamed as ‘Zero Mile Freedom Park Station’:
Meanwhile, on the occasion of the country’s 75th Independence Day, the Prime Minister’s Office will name the metro station at Zero Mile as ′′ Zero Mile Freedom Park Station ′′ at the Amrit Jubilee ceremony.
- According to this, the committee will place the historic cannon found while doing development works at Kasturchand Park Ground at Zero Mile Freedom Park Station.
- This proposal of Mahametro Nagpur has been approved at the meeting of Nagpur Heritage Conservation Committee on Tuesday (June 15).
- Meanwhile, Despite adverse conditions prevailing due to Covid-19 pandemic, Maha Metro recently successfully held a trial run of a Metro train on Reach-2 between Zero Mile and Kasturchand Park stations.
- This is the first step towards making Reach-2 (Sitabuldi to Automotive Square) operational in December 2021.
- Reach-4 (Sitabuldi to Prajapati Nagar) will also be made operational by the end of this year.
- A distance of 1 km was covered at a speed of 20 km per hour.
- The work of signaling, overhead equipment (OHE) and track had been completed in this portion and proved to be perfect during the trial run.
- Work on the remaining portion of Reach-2 is going on at full swing under leadership of Maha Metro Managing Director Dr Brijesh Dixit.
- This portion of Reach-2 is very important as the track passes near Vidhan Bhavan, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Kasturchand Park.
Ajni Metro Station gets IGBC Platinum Rating:
Even as World Environment Day is celebrated across the globe, Maha Metro Nagpur has scored again on the environment front. The Organization has bagged the highest ever Platinum Rating from Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for its Ajni Metro Station.
- Of all the operational stations of Nagpur Metro Project, Ajni is the 14th one to bag this prestigious ranking.
- The rating is based on IGBC’s Green MRTS Rating system.
- The other stations of Nagpur Metro which have bagged this ratings before are:- Khapri, New Airport, Airport South, Airport, Jai Prakash Nagar, Rahate Colony, Ajni square, Sitabuldi Interchange Metro Stations on Orange Line and Lokmanya Nagar, Bansi Nagar, Wasudev Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Institute of Engineers, Jhansi Rani Square Metro Stations on Aqua line.
- Metro Bhavan has also been awarded this rating.
- The Platinum rating is based on some of these grounds:-
- Meeting 65% of energy needs from solar energy
- Adopting bio-digesters at stations
- 100% water recycling and rain-water harvesting
- Constructing stations and other buildings
- Maha Metro is the greenest agency in the city.
Source: Nagpur Metro-Press Release | Image Credit: Nagpur Metro
