Metro’s Noida, Badarpur lines running late
TNN 25 September 2009, 12:08pm IST
NEW DELHI: For the first time in its history, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has missed a deadline for a project. Its new line to Noida will
open only in the first week of December, as against the August-end deadline. Also, the Badarpur line on which the Zamrudpur collapse took place is running five months behind schedule.
DMRC managing director E Sreedharan, on Friday, said that the Noida line will be commissioned only after overcrowding on the existing lines is tackled and seven additional trains are ready for use. “The first line to be commissioned now is the 15-km Yamuna Bank-Noida stretch which will be opened at one go. We need minimum seven trains that will be available by the end of November. During this period, we will strengthen 11 cantilever pillars on the line,” said Sreedharan.
The next on the priority list is the 7-km Yamuna Bank-Anand Vihar line which will open end of December 2009 or early January 2010, depending on the availability of trains. The Inderlok-Mundka link will be completed before that, in November 2009, after which trial runs for standard gauge trains being introduced on the system for the first time will start. This line will be opened by end of January or February 2010.
The next section to start will link other NCR township, Gurgaon, to Delhi. This line will be opened in two parts, with the elevated Qutub Minar-Gurgaon section slated to open in March 2010 and Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar part in July 2010. The civil structures are nearing completion and work on station finishing and fitments has started.
“The Central Secretariat-Badarpur line got two months behind schedule on account of the Zamrudpur accident. Now, there is a further delay of three months. DMRC hopes to make up the delay and open the line in August 2010,” said Sreedharan.
The last line to be opened before the Commonwealth Games in October 2010 will be the Airport Express Line in September 2010. At present, civil works are almost complete and the concessionaire has started installing systems.
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