I visited New York City first time in 1999, it was an amazing experience, I wondered how it is possible to build such a city. Later on I watched PBS Documentary on TV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUmI6mUzSH8) and came to know about the American Builder Robert Moses, the Architect of New York City. He is the greatest creator and builder of Public Works. He earned billions of dollars for the city, He wasn’t interested in personal wealth, only interested in the public benefit. I got inspired by him, from that day onwards I was looking for the opportunity to do the same.
Recently AP State government planned to build Visakhapatnam Metro project, I am so disappointed that the proposed plan is useless and waste of money and it won’t yield any benefit to the people or to the government.
DMRC proposed 3 Metro corridors, its total length is 34 KM.
Corridor1: from Madhurawada to NAD Junction along NH5.
Corridor2: Thatichetlapalem to Old post office via railwany new colony, railway station, alliupuram, Ambedkar Statue, Jagadamba Junction, Purna market and Reading Room.
Corridor3: Gurudwara NH5 Junction to Park hotel via Seethampeta, RTC Complex, Siripuram and AU out gate.
I was born in King George Hospital (KGH) Visakhapatnam, I know the traffic patterns of this city very well. I want to share one of my plans for better Visakha, it’s going to help the public and government, I would love to help much more. The main city of Visakhapatnam is surrounded by hills and sea, didn’t have enough space to grow. Gajuwaka developed in much faster way and it is completely in disconnect with main city. Steel Plant, NTPC, Pharma City and Gangavarm Port stretched the Gajuwaka further south. Arilova and Madhurawada’s growth expanded Visakhapatnam towards North East. And also it stretched from Gopalpatnam to Pendurthi toward North West.
Most of the commuters from Madurawada, Arilova and MVP Colony travel towards Old post office, RTC Complex and Railway Station, remaining go to Gujuwaka and further, they don’t end their journey at NAD Junction. Half of the commuters from Pendurthi, Vepagunta and Gopalapatnam travel to RTC complex, Railway Station and Jagadamba Junction, remaining travel towards Gajuwaka and beyond. Pilgrims from Railway station, RTC Complex and Gajuwaka travel to Simhachalam. Another busier route is from Railway station to Scindia Junction and from Scindia to Gajuwaka because of Naval Dockyard, Hindustan Shipyard and HPCL.
I recently visited New Delhi 3 times to attend AP State Bifurcation cases in Supreme Court of India, I used the metro all the time, it is convenient but I observed buses also running in parallel to metro trains. It means we are sharing the commuters between buses and metro trains, this doesn’t help the environment much. When we observe overseas buses they carry the commuters from the remote places to metro train stations. It forces people to use metro trains. And it reduces the traffic and helps the environment. After considering all the above reasons I would like to suggest the following plans for better and grater Visakha.
Plan A
Total length of 2 Metro corridors is around 52 KM.
Corridor1 (30KM) Madhurawada to Kurmanna Palem (Vizag Steel Plant plaza road) via Arilova, Kailashigiri, Maddilapalem, Rama takies, RTC Complex, Jagadamba Junction, Purna market, Reading Room, Old Post office, Dolphin Hill, Scindia junction, Malkapuram and Chaitanya Nagar (Gajuwaka).
Corridor2 (22KM) Pendurthi to Vuda Beach via Vepagunta, Gopalapatnam, Tatichetlapalem, Akkayapalem, Gurudwara, Maddilapalem, Through AU North Campus and Chinna waltair.
With this proposal we can reduce 70% of the City buses. The high rise metro track over the channel above 100 meters connecting old post office station and Dolphin Hill will attract the Tourists. We can develop the Dolphin hill similar to Kailashgiri and promote Light house,weather station, Durga temple and beach. Through Corridor1 visitors can travel between Kailashgiri and Dolphin Hill. We can promote the Religious tolerance as a symbolic junction of Church on Ross hill, Masjid on one hill and Hindu Venkateswara temple on the other hill.
Plan B
Visakhapatnam Railway station is blocking most of the prime area in the center of the city. Anakapalli – Visakha and Viskha – Pendurthi railway line forms Y junction all the trains coming from Anakapalli and Pendurthi passing through a clogged passage and causing around extra 20 KM travel and wasting more than one hour of time of each passenger. We can streamline this by shifting Visakha Railway station and building it between Kakaninagar and Gopalapatnam Rural station. This will bring Visakhapatnam Railway station and Airports across the road. Indian Railways can gain by selling the prime area of existing railway station lands and can move them away from the city.
Total length of 4 Metro corridors is around 70-75 KM
Corridor1 BLUE Line (30KM) Madhurawada to Kurmanna Palem (Vizag Steel Plant plaza road) via Arilova, Kailashgiri, Maddilapalem, Rama talkies, RTC Complex, Jagadamba Junction, Purna market, Reading Room, Old Post office, Dolphin Hill, Scindia junction, Malkapuram, Chaitanya Nagar (Gajuwaka)
Corridor2 GREEN Line (20KM) Pendurthi to Peda Gantyada via Vepagunta, Gopalapatnam, Airport, New Railway Station, AkkireddyPalem, Jyothinagar, New Gajuwaka and Nehrunagar.
Corridor3 RED Line (12KM) New Railway Station to Vuda Beach via Airport, NAD, Marripalem, kancharapalem, Tatichetlapalem, Akkayapalem, Lalithanagar, Maddilapalem, Through AU North Campus and Chinna waltair.
Corridor4 YELLOW Line (8KM) New Railway Station to Simhachalam via Airport, Gopalapatnam, and Prahaladapuram.
With this Plan B we can reduce 85% of the City buses and it will give a new dimension to Visakhapatnam development, it will expand in West and North West directions.
Thanking You
Vishnu Alluri
DMRC proposed 3 Metro corridors, its total length is 34 KM.
Corridor1: from Madhurawada to NAD Junction along NH5.
Corridor2: Thatichetlapalem to Old post office via railwany new colony, railway station, alliupuram, Ambedkar Statue, Jagadamba Junction, Purna market and Reading Room.
Corridor3: Gurudwara NH5 Junction to Park hotel via Seethampeta, RTC Complex, Siripuram and AU out gate.
I was born in King George Hospital (KGH) Visakhapatnam, I know the traffic patterns of this city very well. I want to share one of my plans for better Visakha, it’s going to help the public and government, I would love to help much more. The main city of Visakhapatnam is surrounded by hills and sea, didn’t have enough space to grow. Gajuwaka developed in much faster way and it is completely in disconnect with main city. Steel Plant, NTPC, Pharma City and Gangavarm Port stretched the Gajuwaka further south. Arilova and Madhurawada’s growth expanded Visakhapatnam towards North East. And also it stretched from Gopalpatnam to Pendurthi toward North West.
Most of the commuters from Madurawada, Arilova and MVP Colony travel towards Old post office, RTC Complex and Railway Station, remaining go to Gujuwaka and further, they don’t end their journey at NAD Junction. Half of the commuters from Pendurthi, Vepagunta and Gopalapatnam travel to RTC complex, Railway Station and Jagadamba Junction, remaining travel towards Gajuwaka and beyond. Pilgrims from Railway station, RTC Complex and Gajuwaka travel to Simhachalam. Another busier route is from Railway station to Scindia Junction and from Scindia to Gajuwaka because of Naval Dockyard, Hindustan Shipyard and HPCL.
I recently visited New Delhi 3 times to attend AP State Bifurcation cases in Supreme Court of India, I used the metro all the time, it is convenient but I observed buses also running in parallel to metro trains. It means we are sharing the commuters between buses and metro trains, this doesn’t help the environment much. When we observe overseas buses they carry the commuters from the remote places to metro train stations. It forces people to use metro trains. And it reduces the traffic and helps the environment. After considering all the above reasons I would like to suggest the following plans for better and grater Visakha.
Plan A
Total length of 2 Metro corridors is around 52 KM.
Corridor1 (30KM) Madhurawada to Kurmanna Palem (Vizag Steel Plant plaza road) via Arilova, Kailashigiri, Maddilapalem, Rama takies, RTC Complex, Jagadamba Junction, Purna market, Reading Room, Old Post office, Dolphin Hill, Scindia junction, Malkapuram and Chaitanya Nagar (Gajuwaka).
Corridor2 (22KM) Pendurthi to Vuda Beach via Vepagunta, Gopalapatnam, Tatichetlapalem, Akkayapalem, Gurudwara, Maddilapalem, Through AU North Campus and Chinna waltair.
With this proposal we can reduce 70% of the City buses. The high rise metro track over the channel above 100 meters connecting old post office station and Dolphin Hill will attract the Tourists. We can develop the Dolphin hill similar to Kailashgiri and promote Light house,weather station, Durga temple and beach. Through Corridor1 visitors can travel between Kailashgiri and Dolphin Hill. We can promote the Religious tolerance as a symbolic junction of Church on Ross hill, Masjid on one hill and Hindu Venkateswara temple on the other hill.
Plan B
Visakhapatnam Railway station is blocking most of the prime area in the center of the city. Anakapalli – Visakha and Viskha – Pendurthi railway line forms Y junction all the trains coming from Anakapalli and Pendurthi passing through a clogged passage and causing around extra 20 KM travel and wasting more than one hour of time of each passenger. We can streamline this by shifting Visakha Railway station and building it between Kakaninagar and Gopalapatnam Rural station. This will bring Visakhapatnam Railway station and Airports across the road. Indian Railways can gain by selling the prime area of existing railway station lands and can move them away from the city.
Total length of 4 Metro corridors is around 70-75 KM
Corridor1 BLUE Line (30KM) Madhurawada to Kurmanna Palem (Vizag Steel Plant plaza road) via Arilova, Kailashgiri, Maddilapalem, Rama talkies, RTC Complex, Jagadamba Junction, Purna market, Reading Room, Old Post office, Dolphin Hill, Scindia junction, Malkapuram, Chaitanya Nagar (Gajuwaka)
Corridor2 GREEN Line (20KM) Pendurthi to Peda Gantyada via Vepagunta, Gopalapatnam, Airport, New Railway Station, AkkireddyPalem, Jyothinagar, New Gajuwaka and Nehrunagar.
Corridor3 RED Line (12KM) New Railway Station to Vuda Beach via Airport, NAD, Marripalem, kancharapalem, Tatichetlapalem, Akkayapalem, Lalithanagar, Maddilapalem, Through AU North Campus and Chinna waltair.
Corridor4 YELLOW Line (8KM) New Railway Station to Simhachalam via Airport, Gopalapatnam, and Prahaladapuram.
With this Plan B we can reduce 85% of the City buses and it will give a new dimension to Visakhapatnam development, it will expand in West and North West directions.
Thanking You
Vishnu Alluri
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