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A New Skywalk In Noida To Connect Aqua Line’s Sector 51 Metro Station And Blue Line’s Sector 52 Metro Station – Project Details And Significance
At the outset, let the terms “Skywalk”, “Aqua Line ” and “Blue Line ” be understood.
SKYWALK
Skywalk, also known by the names sky walkway , skybridge or skyway, is a type of pedway in an urban area, which is elevated and connects two or more buildings. The dictionary meaning of a skywalk is a high walkway, which is between two buildings
AQUA LINE
The Aqua Line, which is a line of NOIDA Metro, runs from Sector 51 of NOIDA to Depot Station in Greater Noida and has 21 metro stations.
BLUE LINE
Blue Line is a line of the , which connects Dwarka 21 Metro Station in New Delhi with Vaishali in Ghaziabad and with Noida Electronic City in NOIDA by bifurcating at Yamuna Bank Metro Station from where it travels alternately towards Vaishali and Noida Electronic City. It passes through Sector 52 of NOIDA while travelling to NOIDA Electronic City.
NEW SKYWALK PROJECT TO CONNECT SECTOR 51 AND SECTOR 52 METRO STATIONS IN NOIDA
Sector 51 Metro Station on Aqua Lime and Sector 52 Metro Station of Blue Line are linked by a 300-metre walkway. Travellers face big challenges due to a large distance between the Sector-51 Metro Station of the Aqua Line and Sector-52 Metro Station of the Blue Line. For commuting between these two stations, people have to undergo frequent ups and downs. Moreover, in the recent years, footfall at both metro stations as also the number of people switching between the two metro stations have increased. Thus a smooth connectivity between the two lines has been a demand of the commuters for years.
In order to address this issue, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation, in collaboration with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, made a survey and it came out that there was no space and the alignment also being not visible, there was no vacancy on the spot for a new station to be built. Thus, taking into account the problems faced by the commuters, a new skywalk project was started by the NOIDA Authority for connecting these two Metro Stations. This will act as an interchange between Blue Line and Aqua Line for commuters
DETAILS OF THE PROJECT
- The length of this Skywalk will be 420-metre and width is 5-metre.
- Skywalk will be ‘L’ shaped, due to adjacent plot having been allocated for commercial activities to a foreign private firm.
- The skywalk, which will have components of civil and electrical works, will be air-conditioned.
- There will be travelator moving at 0.5 metres per second speed which will facilitate a quick interchange between the two stations.
- The Contract of the Work was awarded to M/S Iqbal Constructions Company was awarded on January 9, 2023 and the deadline for completing the civil works was kept at October 5, 2023, which has not been extended.
- During excavation, a metro line’s underground cable was found and it was not viable to remove the cables. Therefore, the skywalk’s design had to be changed, Earlier, it was proposed as one-column structure but due to the existence of the underground cable, it was changed to two column structure.The revised project was also got vet from IIT Delhi .
- The cost of skywalk has increased due to above mentioned change in design.
PROPOSED COMPLETION
As per NOIDA authority officials, 70% of the civil work has been completed. During a recent inspection of this under-construction skywalk by the CEO of NOIDA Authority, directions were issued to the officials to complete the work by the end of May, 2024..
SIGNIFICANCE
On completion of this new Skywalk,
- Walking distance between the two metro stations and will be significantly reduced which will result in saving of time.
- Travelator available on the Skywalk will help in quick movement between the two stations
- commuters will not exit stations for switching over to other routes for reaching their destinations.
- There will be pedestrian safety and convenience.
- Commuters will be saved from vehicular pollution/moise and also will be protected during harsh weather conditions as Skywalk will be fully covered.
- The Skywalk will have zones of venders where commuters may avail eating and drinking servies and may relax as in many other metro stations.
CONCLUSION
On completion of this new Skywalk between Sector 51 and Sector 52 metro stations on the NMRC’s Aqua line and DMRC’s Blue respectively a long outstanding demand of Commuters will be met. This Corridor will prove a boon for commuters, and their time and energy will be saved with the reduction of distance.
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