B D Narayankar
Press Trust of India
Bangalore, Aug 10: Apex chamber ASSOCHAM today
urged the state government to undertake an environment
friendly mass rapid transit system (MRTS) in and around the
city and put its Rs 12,000 crore metro rail project
on a fast track.
"Since the rapidly-growing Bangalore city lacks
credible public transport system, Metro will be a cheap and
feasible solution to check transportation woes," ASSOCHAM
Southern Regional Chapter Chairperson Ravindra Sana Reddy said
in a statement here.
The MRTS will help reduce the extent of pressure on
existing sub-urban transport systems, he added.
Frequent traffic snarls due to narrow and choked road network
is proving to be a growth bottleneck adding to increased costs
of goods and services, Reddy added.
ASSOCHAM also cautioned that infrastructure in
Bangalore would be inadequate to bear the projected population
of over one crore by 2030 compared to 80 lakh at present.
"As the number of cities with over 10 lakh people are
expected to increase from 48 to 68 lakh in the next two
decades, a nationwide network of mass transport system is
imperative to avert urban vehicular traffic," chamber’s
secretary general D S Rawat said.
"Traffic decongestion by encouraging commuters to shun
their vehicles and use public transport is the primary aim of
MRTS," he added.
According to an ASSOCHAM study, implementation of
metro network in Delhi has resulted in benefits like reduction
in air pollution, travel time, road accidents, traffic
congestion and fuel consumption.
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