Traffic Pre-Feasibility Study for Bhopal Metro
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TRAFFIC PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BHOPAL METRO CLIENT: URBAN ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MADYAPRADESH PREPARED BY DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD. Metro Bhawan, Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110 001 October, 2012 TRAFFIC PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BHOPAL METRO CLIENT: URBAN ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MADYAPRADESH PREPARED BY DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD. Metro Bhawan, Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110 001 October, 2012 TRAFFIC PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BHOPAL METRO 1.0 Executive summary Pre-feasibility traffic study for Bhopal was conducted for finding out the best possible alignment of a grade separated mass rapid transit system (metro rail) and after identifying that daily ridership on the network was estimated. Method used in estimating travel demand consists of (1) Collection of Primary and Secondary data which are related with daily travel, (2) Making them usable as input to calibrate travel demand models, (3) Generating outputs for further analysis (4) Recommending alignment for metro line construction. Procedural details are given in chapter 2. Preliminary alignment was decided by physically observing traffic flow on road arterials, generation of traffic from important places such as rail stations, industrial and commercial zones, availability of road space for construction of metro lines, and to connect different parts of the city. Full network identified is given in Table 1 and shown in figure 1. Table 1: Lines and Lengths of Metro Network Tested (69.13 KM) PHASE SECTION LINE NO SECTION NAME KM LENGTH 1 5 1 KAROD KALAN-HABIB GANJ RS 11.57 5 6 1 HABIBGANJ RS-MANDIDEEP RS 19.19 3 8 2 SURUCHI NAGAR-BHEL 9.79 7 7 2 LAW INSTT-SURUCHI NAGAR 3.4 9 9 2 BHEL-ANAND NAGAR 5.08 2 2 3 LALGHATI-PLATINUM PLAZA 7.88 4 3 3 PLATINUM PLAZA-CHUNABHATTI 3.75 6 4 3 CHUNABHATTI-DAMKHEDA 5.15 8 1 3 AIRPORT-LALGHATI 3.32 69.13 Line 1 [green and cyan color] will be connecting the North of the city with south-east part of the city. It will start from KAROND KALAN area and pass through old city (HAMIDIA ROAD), connect BHOPAL RAIL STATION and HABIB GANJ RAIL STATION (section 5). The line may in future be extended to MANDIDEEP INDUSTRIAL AREA (section 6) which is about 20 km from HABIBGANJ RS. Line 2 [blue and cyan color] will connect south west part of the city with North East part and shall pass through TT NAGAR, NEW MARKET AREA, BIDHAN SABHA, PUL BOGDA, ASHOK NAGAR and BHEL (section 8). The line may be extended up to LAW INSTITUTE, TULSI NAGAR (section 7) in south west and up to ANAND NAGAR (section 9) in the north east. Line 3 [red and cyan color] will start from LALGHATI area and pass through SULTANIA ROAD, IDGAH, KAMLA PARK, NEW MARKET and go up to SIVAJI NAGAR (section 2). Later the line may be extended to CHUNA BHATTI (section 3) and then up to DAMKHEDA on KOLAR ROAD (section 4) in south direction and up to AIRPORT (section 1) in the North West. 1 TRAFFIC PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BHOPAL METRO The Network will be having two interchange stations namely TT NAGAR (New Market) and PUL BOGDA and eventually all the three lines will be inter connected. Extended sections are marked with cyan color. D D A A O O R R I T R N V E A IM N G E R i n d o r e r o a d D A O R A L O H H C T H A B A N H A M I D I A R O A D L V A IH R A R R O M O A A AN D DG A M A N G A L B A R A R O L A D B A R A R O A D P UL L B O GD A R O AD D C H IK o A Lb O e O D d Ru l Ola A g Da R n D j roA O a d IA R D H A N C R O A R H A T H L C G B H E L A U B S I H S A G E B R ID TA K C H E s t a d i u m E K A L A R U P H A S BAWARIA KALAN INDUSTRIAL AREA Figure 1: Metro Network Tested (69.13 KM) 2 TRAFFIC PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BHOPAL METRO Places for three depots for these three lines are also identified on Indore Road (behind HALALPURA Bus Stand), Union Carbide Land (before ARIF NAGAR) and on the land of BHEL. Minimum requirement for maintenance depot will be available at these places. Construction of nearly 70 km metro network (about 6 km underground) will require huge capital investment of the order 14 K Cr. Rs. and will require about 5 years. There will also be problem of organizing physical resources within the city and the traffic flow management work will be difficult if the entire network is taken up in one go. Hence it is recommended that construction work should be taken up in stages. The order of construction is given in table 1 in Phase column. In this phasing, (1) KAROD KALAN-HABIB GANJ RS (11.57 km), (2) LALGHATI- PLATINUM PLAZA (7.88 km) and (3) SURUCHI NAGAR-BHEL (9.79 km) may be taken up which is about 29.24 km only. As a matter of fact, these three sections constitute the core network and remaining are only extensions of the core lines. Underground portions on different lines are (1) from Bairagarh Road & Hamidia Road Crossing to Bharat Talkies (1.5 km), (2) Idgah-Pan Bazar-Mangal Bara - Kamla Park (3 km), and (3) Bidhan Bhawan (back side) – Pul Bogda (1.5 km). The lengths are only approximate. Only detail civil engineering study (Topological Survey) will give the actual length. Traffic estimated on the “Metro network Recommended in Phase I”, construction cost will be about 5640 Cr. Rs. which is to be met in 4 years1. In 2016 horizon year, is 3.19 lakhs per day with average trip length 5.61 km. Expected fare box revenue per day will be Rs. 37.67 lakhs (2016). 1 At 2009, cost of construction of elevated metro (standard gauge) is 135 Cr. Rs./km and underground construction cost is Rs.400 Cr. Rs. (cost will be less when depth is within 10 meter and subsoil is hard) 3 TRAFFIC PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BHOPAL METRO D D A A O R O R T N I E R M V I G A E N R AD RO A OL HH C HAM I DI A RO AD T H A N B A AL R VI O H AR A R D O AD M A N G A L B A R A R O A D M A NG AL B AR A ROA D P UL L BO GD A RO AD CH I K L O D R O AobDed ul l a g D an j ro A ad O R IA N A D T A L RO H U RC S A CH AD RO H AG B BHEL HI AS DGE BRI TAK CHE s ta d i u m E K A L A R U P H A Figure 2: Recommended network inS first phase (Blue,Red&Green) 4 TRAFFIC PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BHOPAL METRO 2.0 Bhopal City Bhopal is the capital of the state of Madhyapradesh is a historic city surrounded by natural beauty. The city has ancient background and is said to the one of the centre of Dravidian Civilization. It was ruled by Parmer Dynasty from 8th – 13th century and King Bhoj was the most famous king during this period. It came under Mughal Rule which lasted up to 16th century. After this period, when Mughal Empire became weak, Bhopal was captured in 1722 AD by an Afghan Commander named Dost Mohammad and established his own rule. Descendants of Dost Mahammad governed the city and adjoining areas (independently and under British Empire) till 1947 when India became free from British Rule. The city has visible stamp of both Hindu and Islamic Culture. Unique feature of Bhopal is that it has two manmade lakes known as “Bara Talao” and “Chota Talao”. It is said that Bara Talao was constructed by Raja Bhoj about thousand years ago and the “Chota Talao” was constructed in 1794 by minister Chhote Khan of the then Nawab of Bhopal in 1794. Significance of this lakes are that the Old city of Bhopal was developed on the North-East side of “Bara Talao” and “Chota Talao” and the New City has gradually spread in the form of a semi circle in front direction. Bhopal has many important places such as Hamidia Road, Maharaja Pratap Nagar, VIP Road, New Legislative Assembly, TT Nagar, BHEL factory, ARERA Colony etc. The city size is about 733 square km (sum of the zone areas as has been found in digitized map) with altitude 572 meter above sea level. Railway Lines crisscrossing Indian subcontinent (East to West and North to South) must pass through Bhopal and may be called as the centre of the Indian Rail Network. About 200 up and down trains pass through Bhopal and around 50,000 passenger board and alight in Bhopal Rail Station.