With populations going up in all cities,
people are facing the problems like delay in transport and could not
reach on time to offices and other places as they could not move fast
enough because of traffic and lots of stoppages in between. Both
monorail and metro came to existence to avoid traffic and faster means
of transportation.
Monorail and metro rail serve the purpose
of mass transit system which is fast and efficient; there are basic
differences in design, structure and cost of a monorail and metro rail.
The concept of metro rail and monorail started because of congestion of
traffic routes and difficulty to run rapidly moving trains on tracks
that were old and could not support such a rapid transit system.
Monorail is a transport system which runs
on single rail laid on a beam in the air. Metro rail runs on two
parallel rails just as traditional rails. Metrorail too has an
independent rail track but it has two rails and may not be high in the
air. The track of monorail is narrower than the train itself. Monorail
can be built faster with less cost. It consumes minimal space. Metrorail
can travel at higher speed than Mono Rail. Monorail is eco-friendly
because it doesn’t produce higher noise compared with Metro rail.
MonorailMetro
Traffic analysis in Chennai
The rapid economic growth has resulted in
the significant increase in traffic management problems. The increase
in travel demand with population and vehicle growth, turns down the
share of public transport, with significantly enhanced confidence on the
personal motor vehicle has led to increased costs due to travel delays,
loss of productivity, deteriorating air quality caused by automobile
exhausts and an increased incidence of road accidents
The estimated population and vehicle
growth is shown in the chart. It is estimated that by the end of 2026
growth population would reach to 125.82 lakhs. Motor vehicle number has
increased at a considerable rate during the last few decades.
Source- www.cmdachennai.gov.in
Rise in population and vehicle
accumulated the traffic at certain major roads. Arterial roads leading
to the Central Business District (CBD) carry heavy traffic and are
congested. Level of congestion on arterials and other major roads has
increased eight-fold over the period 1984 to 2008. Depending upon the
severity of traffic, plan would be made to decrease the junction traffic
by introducing monorail or metro. Due to traffic acute shortage of
parking supply is witnessed in commercial areas like Anna Salai, Periyar
EVR Salai, T. Nagar, Purasawalkam, George Town, Nungambakkam, Adyar and
Mylapore.
Source- www.cmdachennai.gov.in
About the Monorail project
As like Bangalore metro, Chennai metro
rail system is under construction of express transportation. The
ministry of urban development has given on paper approval for the
Chennai monorail project (CMP) Phase-1. This fourth urban rail transport
project has been approved under PPP model
As per the sources, the project was planned to be implemented in various phases.
A total of 18 corridors had been
proposed and the project been executed. It is one of the biggest
monorail projects in the planet.
Monorail services will be provided between Poonamalle and Kathipara with a link from Porur to Vadapalani covering 20.68 km.
Route Map
Phase l
Monorail route will connect Poonamallee
in the northwest of Chennai and Vandalur in the south via two corridors
and will meet near the Kathipara intersection
Corridor 1 will link Poonamallee and Kathipara, via Kumaranchavadi, Porur and Nandambakkam, with line forking off to Vadapalani
Corriodor 2 will connect Vandalur and
Kathipara, via Perungalathur, Irumbuliyur, Tambaram East, Sembakkam,
Medavakkam and Velacherry
Growth in real estate industry
No doubt, monorail will definitely
increases the land price of Chennai as well as nearby places. Proximity
and easier connectivity to others places in a short time would really
sharpen the Chennai real estate business. Reduction in the travel time
would lead to the considerable boom inside and outside the places of
Chennai.
As per market experts,
Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road is one of the future growth corridors in
Chennai. It is about 18 km stretch from Vandalur-Kelambakkam
strategically connects two important roads of the city, OMR (Old
Mahabalipuram Road) and GST (Grand South Trunk Road) has propelled
residential development along the stretch. In the residential sector,
sales are expected to pick up as overall housing demand has increased in
the city. Due to the good infrastructure, rise in income levels and
increasing employment opportunities in all sectors
The first phase of Monorail project would
connect Vandalur to Velachery providing a support to several people
working in areas such as Tambaram Perungalathur, Tambaram East, Selaiyur
Camp Road, Sembakkam, Medavakkam, and Pallikaranai etc. Once the
monorail is operational several developers have set their anticipation
on the real estate growth.
Real estate business at R.A.Puram and
neighbouring areas of Alwarpet and Abhiramapuram saw a 5 per cent
increase in capital values this year and may continue to increase, as
demand remains strong.
Growth in Vandalur
Apart from monorail, another ambitious project of the government is the setting up of a 30-acre bus terminal at Vandalur.
This is expected to offer connectivity to several locations in Chennai
as well as south India. Monorail as well as bus terminal jointly shot up
the price of this place. As a result many commercial and residential
are emerging rapidly.
Top rated projects in Vandalur are listed below
Tata housing
Ruby builders
Stepsstone Promoters Pvt Ltd
Amudha Civil Constructions Pvt Ltd
Vijay Shanthi Builders
Growth in OMR, GST, Medavakkam and Velachery
OMR and GST have witnessed a launch of
high rated projects and the demand for high end segment will hold up the
price. Monorail and IT hub are promoting the real estate sector.
IT Companies present in OMR are Scope
International Ltd, SCM Microsystems,Sunmix Network Pvt Ltd,Hexaware
Technologies, American Atmel R & D etc.
Kelambakkam is rapidly emerging as a real
estate hotspot of Chennai which is located on OMR because of IT
corridor the land value is considerably increasing due to connectivity
and infrastructure and the availability of tourists’ places like Kovalam
beach, the OLD church of St. Mary, Tiruporur Murugan temple and Nithya
Kayana Perumal temple.
The Companies existing in Kelambakkam are, Xansa Pvt Ltd, Home Town Information solutions Pvt Ltd
Medavakkam due to its excellent location (Both OMR and Tambaram) receiving good rentals.
Velachery has seen a growth mainly due to
IT sector. It connects the rapidly growing business class information
technology corridors of OMR. Velachery maintains the perfect balance
between new and old Chennai. The geographical advantage in terms of the
connectivity to other parts of the city is the reason for the inflow of
population.
The Velachery main road on the south connects to south Chennai and Mount Road (Anna Salai)
at Guindy via Velachery.It is almost saturated more projects naturally
flow into adjacent areas such as Pallikaranai, madipakkam
In road ways transport from Velachery to
OMR takes hardly 25 min and it is about 9 km to travel where as if we
compare with monorail it would be approximately 10 min to reach.
Popular builders of Velachery are
Phoenix Market city
Mehta havens Ltd
Shree constructions
Contribution of Monorail to ChennaiReduction of traffic
The city faces the severe traffic problem
due to inadequate, shrunken and encroached footpaths, missing links in
the road network. The substantial increases in the population and the
introduction of more bus facility and goods vehicles have amplified the
traffic.
Trend in road accidents over the years is
presented, as per the accidental data available an average of 630
persons die on City roads annually.
Monorail would noticeably reduce the
traffic and accidents. It promises affordable rate for travelling any
distance on time, safe arrival and we can avoid sitting all the time as
like in bus.
Parking
The metro train would likely reduce the
traffic thereby reducing the parking problem as many would prefer to
travel by train than road ways.
Pollution control
The reduction in the road way travel
would help in safeguarding environment by sinking the air pollution and
can feel the fresh breeze.
Future compass and Demand
Demand is largely increasing due to its
proximity to IT hubs of OMR, Tambaram and Orgadam. Some of the builders
like Sobha developers, Tata housing, Unitech and Vijay Shanthi have
shown their prime interest in these areas because of the location
advantage.