Agro Metro for Amethi District in India: Metro Systems in Brave world of Rural Hinterland

  Suresh Kumar Gigoo,  Saksham Srivastava,  Rajat Pandey

India’s first metro system commenced its operations in Kolkata in 1984.Much has changed since then. Metro systems are moving to newer and newer cities. With the success of Delhi Metro from 2002, Metro systems have moved to several cities. These include cities like Mumbai,,Jaipur,Bangalore,Chennai,Kochi,Nagpur,Lucknow,Gurgaon,Faridabad.Hyderabad,Ahmedabad etc. More cities are now getting their own metro system in near future. In Uttar Pradesh, Government has decided to have rail based mass transit transport in population centres of Kanpur, Varanasi and Meerut., However, till now, all planners are equating the usage of metros only for the big cities. The Metro growth story to villages/towns seems to be totally out of radar at this stage. However, holistic development is part of any democracy. Also Greenhouse footprint reduction is now a compelling necessity. It is but incumbent on planners to design future transportation systems for network of towns in other parts of India also. The paper below outlines the viability of metros for villages/towns with illustration of implementation for Amethi District towns. Innovative idea of dual use of commuting as well as AgriLogistics may be viable for sustaining it for operational and financial future. Amethi District Ring Metro project analysed here will possibly be a guiding model for planners to move to the next level of hinterland Metro growth in future as growth in big cities peters out and saturates. But Perception and Change readiness/Management will be the key for the adoption of idea and subsequent implementation. The challenges ahead are huge but leap to the future of small cities is now a felt necessity due to growing accidents on roads and implementing Greenhouse gases reduction targets as per Paris Declaration COP 21.

Keywords- Amethi,Hinteralnd Metro,commuting,Agri Logistics,Change Perception,Agro Metro,dual use metro,COP 21

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1802004
Page Number(s) - 23-29
Pubished in - Volume 6 | Issue 2 | April 2018
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Suresh Kumar Gigoo,  Saksham Srivastava,  Rajat Pandey,   "Agro Metro for Amethi District in India: Metro Systems in Brave world of Rural Hinterland", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.6, Issue 2, pp.23-29, April 2018, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1802004.pdf