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One Company To Maintain Them All: MMRDA Plans Separate Firm For Metro Corridors’ Operations And Maintenance
Interior shots of the Mumbai Metro during its first successful run at Versova, Andheri West on 1 May, 2013 in Mumbai, India.(Vidya Subramanian/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning to take a page out of metro transport systems in Singapore and Hong Kong by setting up a new company for operations and maintenance of all the upcoming Metro corridors in the city, reports the Indian Express.
Two teams of officials visited and met with the metro transit authorities in Singapore and Malaysia on a study trip in-order to set up a draft of an overall plan in setting up such a company.
Praising the metro services in Hong Kong, the Metropolitan Commissioner R A Rajeev said that the city’s extensive Metro rail network sees over 90 per cent of all public transport users while adding that the metro in Hong Kong boasts a 100 per cent punctuality record.
Currently, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), led by Reliance Infrastructure operates the Metro 1 corridor of Versova, Andheri and Ghatkopar. Mumbai will follow Delhi Metro, Singapore Metro and Hong Kong Metro who have a maintenance and operations agency like the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), SMRT corporation and MTR (Mass Transit Railway) respectively.
Speaking about the advantages of such an agency, a senior official said that having a separate company for distance covering around 180 km in Mumbai will facilitate more comfortable collections from the new fare system. Furthermore, a single company can provide last mile connectivity through private cabs and buses from metro stations, he added.
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