The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will start work on extending the Jahangirpuri to Samaypur Badli corridor and the Badarpur to Faridabad stretch in early 2015, Managing Director Mangu Singh said on Wednesday. Further, the work on the ‘heritage corridor’ from Kashmere Gate to ITO will be completed by December 2015, he added.
“In the first part of 2015, Badli extension and Faridabad extension will surely be launched and towards December, Kashmere Gate to ITO work will almost be completed,” said Mr. Singh on the sidelines of function to celebrate 12 years of Delhi Metro’s operations.
Last month, Mr. Singh wrote to Delhi Chief Secretary D.M. Spolia over land acquisition issues in Phase-III construction and said that work was stuck in a few “critical” areas such as Trilokpuri, Punjabi Bagh and Naraina. “Work cannot progress as long as those are not cleared. But progress is satisfactory at many areas,” the DMRC MD said.
Stating that he hoped that the Detailed Project Report for Phase-IV will soon be sanctioned by the government, he said: “We have prepared the Phase-IV DPR and we want that to be sanctioned and its funding tie-up to be completed so that we can take up Phase-IV work by the time we finish Phase-III work as part of the Urban Development Ministry's plan to decongest Delhi.”
Meanwhile, official data released by the Delhi Metro has shown a steady rise in monthly total ridership of the Airport Express line which saw a peak to 5.17 lakh commuters in August 2014 from 3.9 lakh in June this year. Last month, 5,38,293 commuters used the Airport Line with average daily ridership at 17,943.
Ridership across all of the Delhi Metro’s network has also seen an increase compared to 2013 in the January to November time period.
“In the first part of 2015, Badli extension and Faridabad extension will surely be launched and towards December, Kashmere Gate to ITO work will almost be completed,” said Mr. Singh on the sidelines of function to celebrate 12 years of Delhi Metro’s operations.
Last month, Mr. Singh wrote to Delhi Chief Secretary D.M. Spolia over land acquisition issues in Phase-III construction and said that work was stuck in a few “critical” areas such as Trilokpuri, Punjabi Bagh and Naraina. “Work cannot progress as long as those are not cleared. But progress is satisfactory at many areas,” the DMRC MD said.
Stating that he hoped that the Detailed Project Report for Phase-IV will soon be sanctioned by the government, he said: “We have prepared the Phase-IV DPR and we want that to be sanctioned and its funding tie-up to be completed so that we can take up Phase-IV work by the time we finish Phase-III work as part of the Urban Development Ministry's plan to decongest Delhi.”
Meanwhile, official data released by the Delhi Metro has shown a steady rise in monthly total ridership of the Airport Express line which saw a peak to 5.17 lakh commuters in August 2014 from 3.9 lakh in June this year. Last month, 5,38,293 commuters used the Airport Line with average daily ridership at 17,943.
Ridership across all of the Delhi Metro’s network has also seen an increase compared to 2013 in the January to November time period.
