Irrational metro rail mania in India wasting public funds, but roads congested, pollution remains?
How India is fooled by false promises and forced to part with thousands of crores of Public funds for metro rail projects! Most surprising even respected Dr Abdul kalam and Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, got brushed aside by the lobbies. Why Sri Narendra Modi too should be following in the footsteps of UPA policy of compromising the public interest, is irrational. At a glance : Existing metro rail design cannot do what India’s Skybus metro rail can do but Skybus can do what the metro ral can do very well. Promoters of metro systems often claim that one of the benefits of the metro is reduced congestion, due to the users’ shift from road-based motorized modes to metro systems. This mode shift is then claimed to result in reduced air pollution and road accidents. However, the experience of metro rails in low and middle income counties around the world shows otherwise (Mohan, 2008). Due to the induced demand, the available road space fills up with motorized vehicl