Delhi-Gurgaon Metro to open on Wed

Sunday, 13 June, 2010


There has been clearance of decks for opening of the metro line between Qutab Minar and Gurgaon in the recent week, post the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation got the mandatory certificate of clearance, ending Gurgaon's long wait for a way of transportation to Delhi.

The corridor of distance 14.47km connecting Gurgaon with South Delhi is expected to be inaugurated by this Wednesday by Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, her Haryana counterpart and S Jaipal Reddy, Minster of Union Urban Development. The Sources said that the precise date of the inaugural ceremony will come to know later as the certificate was granted only yesterday.

The metro line was inspected by the Metro Rail Safety Commissioner RK Kardam yesterday only and the necessary certificate was also granted.

There would be some changes made in the line which were asked to do so by Kardam before the line opens. The long waited metro, which is an effective way of transportation and needed by the people to communicate would finally be started and would ease and lessen the traffic on roads.

Initially, there would be eight trains put up on the line and later the number would be increased to sixty trains as the whole corridor opens up. These trains would run at a difference of 3 minutes to 4 minutes.

Earlier the plan was to open up the whole 27km stretch at one go. Later, it was decided to be opened up in two phases.

Other stretch which would connect Central secretariat with Qutab Minar would be opened up by mid-July. Finally, the line would be included with the other line.

The passengers would reach Gurgaon in a shorter period of time once the whole way is opened up. There would be approximately 3.4 lakh people added to the system of Metro once the HUDA City Centre-Central Secretariat line is built. It was built at a cost of 3,720 crore.

Original news source http://www.allindiatoday.com/7589/delhi-gurgaon-metro-to-open-on-wed