NEW DELHI: After betting big on public-private partnership to deliver ambitious infrastructure targets envisaged in the twelfth plan, the government could make an about turn at least in the case of urban transport infrastructure.
A planning commission working group on urban transport for the 12th five year plan has outright rejected the PPP model for developing core urban infrastructure projects, like metro-rails, and bus procurement and transit systems. The working group, headed by former managing director of Delhi MetroRail Corporation E Sreedharan, has particularly opposed PPPs for metro rail projects in the country.
"It has been proposed that urban rail transit system should be taken up with primarily government funding except rare cases of high density metro cities where PPP can be attempted for some elevated corridors," the group said. The cost of completion of the Delhi metro Phase 1 network was Rs 10,571 crore while that of the Phase 2 is estimated to be more than Rs 13, 338 crore. The average cost per km of rail network laid for Delhi metro comes to around Rs 175 crore.
A planning commission working group on urban transport for the 12th five year plan has outright rejected the PPP model for developing core urban infrastructure projects, like metro-rails, and bus procurement and transit systems. The working group, headed by former managing director of Delhi MetroRail Corporation E Sreedharan, has particularly opposed PPPs for metro rail projects in the country.
"It has been proposed that urban rail transit system should be taken up with primarily government funding except rare cases of high density metro cities where PPP can be attempted for some elevated corridors," the group said. The cost of completion of the Delhi metro Phase 1 network was Rs 10,571 crore while that of the Phase 2 is estimated to be more than Rs 13, 338 crore. The average cost per km of rail network laid for Delhi metro comes to around Rs 175 crore.
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