New Delhi
Bracing for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, the BJP-led central government has begun displaying voters the moon by posting progress on the proposed Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor and generating attempts to relocate Bollywood.
The grand announcement on Monday on the progress of the higher-speed corridor is getting noticed as a nervous pulling the socks reaction by the Centre quickly right after the BJP suffered a big setback in the Prime Minister’s constituency, Varanasi right after losing 2 of the 3 seats in the legislative council elections to the Samajwadi Party.
The initially draft of a detailed project report for Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor (DVHSR) was submitted to the Ministry of Railways on October 29, according to a release issued on Monday by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited.
The proposed strategy for DVHSR Corridor will connect the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi with big cities like Mathura (a hub of religious tourism), Agra (dwelling to the planet well-known Taj Mahal), Etawah, Lucknow (the UP capital), Raebareli (the stronghold of the Gandhi family members), Prayagraj (dwelling to Allahabad University), Bhadohi, Varanasi (identified as the Venice of the East) and Ayodhya (that under no circumstances ceases to be in news due to the Ram temple)
The major corridor from Delhi (Modi’s central seat of governance) to Varanasi (his constituency) will also be connected to Ayodhya. The tentative length of the corridor is 800 kms and the alignment and stations will be decided in consultation with the government. In addition, the higher speed route will connect the upcoming international airport in Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
NHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gaur stated the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging Survey) method will be applied for conducting ground survey for preparation of detailed project report for the proposed Delhi-Varanasi HSR corridor. The NHSRCL stated in view of the project scale and to adhere to timelines to submit the detailed project report of the Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor, the ground survey making use of LIDAR method has currently begun. Reference points have been marked on the ground and information collection by means of gear mounted on helicopter will start off on December 13 (based on climate circumstances) phase-smart. Permissions have come from the Defence Ministry and aircraft and gear inspection is underway.
The LIDAR entails mounting Laser enabled gear on a helicopter for the ground survey. Based on the findings of the survey, designing of vertical and horizontal alignment, structures, place of the stations and depots, land requirement for the corridor, identification of project impacted plots/structures, suitable of way amongst other components are decided. The aerial LIDAR survey method was applied the initially time in a railway project in India for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor mainly mainly because of its higher accuracy.
The NHSRL which has been entrusted with the activity of preparing detailed project report for this corridor, by the Ministry of Railways.