Is Pune Metro a Solution for Traffic Congestion???

Since few days there is a very hot debate in all over the Pune on a Metro Rail project which is been projected as a perfect solution for the traffic congestion in Pune by PMC(Pune Municipal Corporation) officials. It is very true that there is a huge problem of Traffic Congestion in Pune. But will Metro Train serve the purpose???.....Lets see,
First and very big problem is the huge Capital. A/C to DPR(Detailed Project Report) this project will cost 10,000 to 17,000 thousand crores of ruppes. Out of which near about 20% will be contributed by central Govt., 20% from state Govt. and 10% by PMC, and other 50% fund will be taken as loan from Private sector. Here a question arises, Pune Municipal Corporation whose annual budget is about 2000 to 2500 thousand crores how will manage to raise such a big amount.
For that they will have only one option to raise taxes on 'Punekars'. Due to this Taxes on Houses, water will increase. PMC will spend less Money on Education and Health (Govt. Hospitals) as well as Sanitation as it will have to repay its loans. It may lead to serious Health Problem in city if an epidemic like Swine Flue returns.
Second and very interesting problem is of fare. A Common Punekar have to pay huge bus fare(Largest in India) 5Rs for 2Km. So, will he travel in the Metro Train which will cost him 7Rs for 2Km???? NO, he will not.......but he will pay taxes for such thing he may never use. Also talking about the buses, condition of buses in Pune is worst. Pune needs 2500 buses for a good service, but unfortunately PMPML has only 1300 buses out of which 100-150 are out of order. So, PMPML is running on 1200 buses instead of 2500 buses means on less than half. Thats why people don't use Public Transport and use their private vehicles like cars and bikes leading to traffic congestion. Now, if Metro comes as a solution for traffic congestion very few people will use it due to its high fare. Also we will not get Metro as easy as PMT as every station will be 1Km far from each other and we will be unable to the station by our private vehicle to get train as there is no parking facility at a single terminal. In such inconvenient condition will you use Metro for day to day purpose......No You won't!!!!
In Pune there will be a great problem of Land Acquisition as it is a very congested city and thousands of people live on the Metro route. There are hundreds of Shops on the projected way. Also Metro is going to cover very less route out of total roads in Pune.
As its a project of thousands of crores ruppes there is huge chances of corruption. It may be one of the reason why PMC officials are promoting this project blindly.
A/C to Report its construction time of this project is 10 yrs. It is well known that not a single project is been completed by PMC in projected time. During construction period 9 meter of road will be engaged for construction of its pillars and 4 meter after the construction is over which will reduce road width causing a huge traffic congestion for the next 10 yr. And the official don't have any plan to counter this problem.
We are told Delhi and Kolkata Metro examples are very proudly. but we are not told that Delhi Metro is running on 20% efficiency. Condition in Kolkata is a little bit worst as it is running on only 10% efficiency. Delhi Metro is having loss of 20-40 crores per yr.
Then what is the guarantee that Pune Metro will be a profit making Transport system.
Officials says that, Pune Metro will make profit only and only if 15,000 people travel by it daily and very funny thing is that on the other side they don't forget to mention upto yr 2035 hardly 11,000 people will travel by it. So, Does it make any sense in wasting public money for the vested interest of very few peoples??
So, to counter the problem of traffic congestion in Pune, Metro may not be the solution. Pune needs a good Public Transport system such as Buses which can be made available in a very low cost with low fares. Also for that PMC should take some steps so that maximum people will come out of their private vehicles and will use Buses. For that there should be Congestion taxe on Private vehicles as they use most of the space on road as well as there should be high Parking charges which are very less in Pune.
So, people should think about this and should raise their voice against this Monstrous Project of Pune Metro Rail which will be not used by most of Punekars and should demand a good, cheap and regular Public Transport system such as buse (PMPML).