Phase I of metro to cover 11 km

The Managing Director said this at a meeting convened by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vijai Kapoor and attended by Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma, Finance Minister Jagdish Mukhi, Chief Secretary P.V. Jayakrishnan and Principal Secretary (Transport) Raghunathan.

The implementation period of the metro rail project in the Capital has now been compressed from the earlier 10 years to seven years and the first section of the metro system is expected to be commissioned in less than four years.

The Lieutenant Governor assured the corporation that the Delhi government and other agencies would extend all help for the timely completion of the project.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has decided to give preference to the eight km of rail corridor between Shahdara and Tis Hazari. Work on this section is expected to commence immediately after the monsoons.

This includes a two-line railway bridge across the Yamuna, downstream of the ISBT Road bridge. This rail corridor would have six stations and around a million commuters are expected to use it every day after the completion of the project.