<p>Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday said it will lend US$ 176 million for the expansion of the Metro line in Jaipur.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The ADB will lend US$ 176 million to extend the first Metro train line in Jaipur and draw up plans to build a second line, reducing congestion and pollution in the fast-growing Indian heritage city,” the bank said in a statement.<br /><br />Under the Jaipur Development Authority’s public transport plan, the local government is constructing 9.7 km elevated Line 1 Metro train from Mansarovar, in the western part of the city, to Chandpole, on the western edge of the central business district.<br /><br />This service is due to start operations in late 2013, it said.<br /><br />“Building efficient mass transit transport will help reverse the rising use of private cars, making the city a cleaner and safer place to work and live,” Dong Kyu Lee, Principal Transport Specialist in ADB’s South Asia Department said in the statement.<br /><br />ADB’s loan will help finance an additional 2.3 km underground stretch from Chandpole to Badi Chopar which is likely to provide access to the central business district by March, 2018.<br /><br />This extension is likely to carry 1,26,000 passengers daily during its first year of operation, and generate about 61 per cent of all the trips on line 1.<br /><br />“The construction of the line 1 extension — to cost a total US$ 259 million with the balance paid by the Rajasthan government — will be built to ensure that there is minimal risk from urban flash floods and other climate-related events,” ADB said.<br /><br />ADB’s loan will also help finance studies into a planned 23km-long, north-south line 2 Metro line.</p>
<p>Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday said it will lend US$ 176 million for the expansion of the Metro line in Jaipur.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The ADB will lend US$ 176 million to extend the first Metro train line in Jaipur and draw up plans to build a second line, reducing congestion and pollution in the fast-growing Indian heritage city,” the bank said in a statement.<br /><br />Under the Jaipur Development Authority’s public transport plan, the local government is constructing 9.7 km elevated Line 1 Metro train from Mansarovar, in the western part of the city, to Chandpole, on the western edge of the central business district.<br /><br />This service is due to start operations in late 2013, it said.<br /><br />“Building efficient mass transit transport will help reverse the rising use of private cars, making the city a cleaner and safer place to work and live,” Dong Kyu Lee, Principal Transport Specialist in ADB’s South Asia Department said in the statement.<br /><br />ADB’s loan will help finance an additional 2.3 km underground stretch from Chandpole to Badi Chopar which is likely to provide access to the central business district by March, 2018.<br /><br />This extension is likely to carry 1,26,000 passengers daily during its first year of operation, and generate about 61 per cent of all the trips on line 1.<br /><br />“The construction of the line 1 extension — to cost a total US$ 259 million with the balance paid by the Rajasthan government — will be built to ensure that there is minimal risk from urban flash floods and other climate-related events,” ADB said.<br /><br />ADB’s loan will also help finance studies into a planned 23km-long, north-south line 2 Metro line.</p>