Jaipur Metro

[6] Construction on the mostly elevated part of the first line, called Phase 1A, comprising 9.63 kilometres (5.984 mi) of route from Mansarovar to Chandpole Bazaar,[1] started in November 2010,[7] and was completed in 2014.The first line of the Jaipur Metro was opened to public by Vasundhara Raje, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, on 3 June 2015,[12] and thus, it became the sixth rapid transit system in India.The implementation of Phase 1A of the project (Mansarover to Chandpole having the length of about 9.63 km (5.984 mi)) including the civil works, permanent way, depot and traction and power supply, etc.[15] The first route of Jaipur Metro (East-West Corridor) connect Mansarovar to Badi Chaupar via Civil Lines and Chandpole.[21][22] For Phase 1D, Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation (JMRC) plans to extend the Pink Line from Mansarovar to Ajmer Road.[15] This will connect Sitapura Industrial Area in the South to Ambabari in the North via Ajmeri Gate and MI Road.In December 2011 BEML was awarded a ₹318 crore (US$37 million) contract to supply 10 four-car trains for Phase 1.These trains will have CCTV cameras in and outside the coaches, power supply connections inside coaches to charge mobiles and laptops, humidity control, microprocessor-controlled disc brakes, and will be capable of maintaining an average speed of 32 km/h (20 mph) over a distance of 1.1 km (0.68 mi).A 380 MHz digital trunked TETRA radio communication system from Cassidian is used on all lines to carry both voice and data information.On 10 March 2011, the Rajasthan High Court issued show cause notices to state authorities, JMRC, and JDA's land acquisition officer, on petition by some shop owners from Station Road, asking them to justify the Jaipur Metro Project, as petitioners alleged no proper survey was done before construction of the Pink Line began.[29] There were some accidents at the Metro project site, injuring laborers and passers-by, attracting criticism for lack of security measures.[31] There were reports of heightened fears among people that sub-letting of the work by the major contractors could be compromising the safety standards.[32] Phase I-B is also not in accordance with Jaipur's archaeological laws, which states that any kind of digging/tunneling work in the vicinity of heritage sites is not allowed.According to the archaeological laws, whoever destroys, injures, mutilates, defaces, alters, removes, disperses, misuses, imperils or allows to fall into decay a protected monument, or removes from a protected monument any sculpture, carving image, bas-relief, inscription or other like object, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months with a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both.[33][34] The project also caused huge losses of business activities of shopkeepers, as the city's market will remain either closed or operative in barricades only.