Delhi government’s gift to Delhiites
*MoU to be signed between Delhi Government, DMRC and Centre for first three corridors of Phase-IV
With signing of MoU, all obstacles in way of these three corridors will be completely removed and work will speed up
Delhi Government gives gift of Phase-IV of Metro to Delhi Pupils.
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*CM Arvind Kejriwal approved MoU for construction of Janakpuri West to Ramakrishna Ashram corridor, Delhi Aerocity to Tughlakabad Station corridor, Majlis Park to Maujpur corridor
*MoU to be signed between Delhi Government, DMRC and Centre for first three corridors of Phase-IV
*With signing of MoU, all obstacles in way of these three corridors will be completely removed and work will speed up
*MoU was stuck for years, CM Arvind Kejriwal made personal efforts to clear way for MoU
*There will be 45 stations on these three metro corridors of 65.20 km
*Kejriwal government also trying to get early approval for three other corridors pending with Centre under phase-IV
*Under this, Rithala-Bawana-Narela-Kundli corridor, Indralok-Indraprastha corridor and Lajpat Nagar- Saket G block corridor included
*Three metro corridors pending with Centre have length of 47 km and will have 39 stations
New Delhi – CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal has gifted Delhi’s lakhs of people with Phase-IV of the metro. Under Phase-IV, a total of 6 corridors will be constructed. Currently, CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal has given his approval to sign the MOUs between the Delhi government, DMRC, and the central government for three of these metro corridors. These corridors include Janakpuri West to RK Ashram, Delhi Aerocity to Tughlakabad Station, and Majlis Park to Maujpur. After this approval, construction work on these three corridors will accelerate. With the signing of the MOUs, all the obstacles in the way of construction work for these three corridors will be completely removed. These three metro corridors will be 65.20 kilometers long in total and will have 45 metro stations. The MoU was stuck for many years. CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal made personal efforts to clear the way for the MoU.
Work on these corridors _ Janakpuri West to Ramakrishna Ashram, Delhi Aerocity to Tughlakabad station, Majlis Park to Maujpur _ is underway as the financial clearance for the projects had already been obtained. However, the delay in signing of the MoU could have put a spoke in timely completion of the corridors. Now that the signing of the MoU has been approved by the chief minister, the project will gain momentum. Due to the MoU, all the obstacles in the way of these corridors have been completely removed.
Government of India on 09.03.2019, 04.07.2019 and 02.01.2020 conveyed its approval for the implementation of three priority corridors of the Delhi Metro Phase-IV projects: RK Ashram to Janakpuri West (22 stations), Aerocity to Tughlakabad (15 stations) and Majlis Park to Maujpur (8 stations) in Delhi, covering a total length of 65.20 km with 45 stations in total.
The three corridors are under implementation and work is in progress on these lines at the total completion cost of Rs 24,948.65 crore.
The Kejriwal government is also trying to get approval for three other corridors pending with the central government under phase four as soon as possible.
The three other corridors under the Delhi Metro Phase-IV projects: Rithala-Bawana-Narela Kundli (21 stations), Inderlok-Indraprastha (10 stations) and Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block (8 stations) measuring 47.225 km are pending approval of the Government of India. These three corridors are under active consideration of the Government of India and work will start on them in due course.
*Traveling in the metro will be easier with the Common Mobility Card*
As per the MoU, GNCTD, in consultation with DMRC, shall work together to provide a common mobility card to provide integrated ticketing and seamless travel across all modes and all operators in the NCR.
The MoU also provides for facilitating multi-modal integration, including suburban railways (by involving the Ministry of Railways) to set up a well-connected network in the region.
Obligations of the Delhi government under the MOU.*
As for the obligations of Delhi government as per MoU, it will have to expeditiously take all actions necessary to transfer the project Land, free from encumbrance and handover possession to DMRC. The action required shall include but shall not be limited to lease/transfer of Government Land and/or procurement/ acquisition of private land. GNCTD shall ensure that there is no delay in implementation of the project on account of land acquisition/transfer.
It will also have to set up a High Powered Committee (HPC) under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary of GNCTD with the composition of other members like Secretaries of the departments concerned of the GNCTD, heads of civic bodies etc., to address and sort out all NCT of Delhi level issues regarding implementation, particularly with regard to land acquisition, diversion of utilities, shifting of structures in the project alignment, rehabilitation of project affected persons and multi-modal integration.
As per the MoU, a traffic information management control centre will be set up for effective traffic monitoring and enforcement as well as for data generation and data collection for future planning.
The MoU shall be effective and continue to be valid till such time the debt for the project is repaid in full. It is also understood that this MoU could be further extended by mutual consent of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and Government of India.
*An overview of the current Metro network in Delhi*
Within Delhi, the construction of 3 phases of the metro corridor has been completed. The construction work of these corridors is complete and fully operational.
Phase-I*
The corridor from Shahdara to Rithala is 22.06 kilometers long with 18 metro stations.
The corridor from Vishwavidyalaya to Central Secretariat is 10.84 kilometers long with 10 stations.
The corridor from Indraprastha to Barakhamba Road, extending to Dwarka Sub-city, is 32.10 kilometers long with 31 stations.
The total length of these three corridors is 65 kilometers, with 59 stations in total.
*Phase-II*
The metro corridor from Vishwavidyalaya to Janakpuri is 6.36 kilometers long with 5 stations.
The corridor from Central Secretariat to Millennium City Centre is 27.45 kilometers long with 19 stations.
The corridor from Shahdara to Dilshad Garden is 3.09 kilometers long with 3 stations.
The corridor from Indraprastha to New Ashok Nagar is 15.07 kilometers long with 11 stations.
The corridor from Yamuna Bank to Anand Vihar ISBT is 6.17 kilometers long with 5 stations.
The corridor from Kirti Nagar to Munirka is 16.46 kilometers long with 15 stations.
The corridor from Dwarka Sector 9 to Sector 21 is 2.76 kilometers long with 2 stations.
The metro corridor from Central Secretariat to Badarpur is 20.4 kilometers long with 15 stations.
The Airport Express Line is 22.70 kilometers long with 6 stations.
The total length of all corridors under Phase Two is 134.63 kilometers, with 83 metro stations.
*New Metro Lines under Phase-III*
Under the Pink Line, the corridor from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar is 58.598 kilometers long.
Under the Magenta Line, the corridor from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden is 38.235 kilometers long.
Under the Grey Line, the corridor from Dwarka to Dhansa Bus Stand is 5.340 kilometers long.
*Expansion of Metro Lines under Phase-III*
Under the Red Line, the corridor from Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad Bus Adda has been extended by 9.410 kilometers.
Under the Yellow Line, the corridor from Jahangirpuri to Samaypur Badli has been extended by 4.489 kilometers.
Under the Blue Line, the corridor from Noida City Centre to Noida Sector-62 has been extended by 6.82 kilometers.
Under the Violet Line, the corridor from Central Secretariat to Kashmere Gate has been extended by 9.370 kilometers.
Under the Green Line, the corridor from Mundka to Bahadurgarh has been extended by 11.182 kilometers.
Under the Violet Line, the corridor from Badarpur to Ballabgarh has been extended by 17.075 kilometers.
Under the Airport Express Line, the corridor from Dwarka Sector-21 to ECC Centre has been extended by 1.878 kilometers.
*Expansion of Metro Line in NCR*
Additionally, the metro has also been expanded in the National Capital Region (NCR). Under this, two corridors have been constructed. The first corridor is from New Ashok Nagar to Noida City Centre, which is 7 kilometers long, while the second corridor is from Arjan Garh to Sushant Lok, which is 7.05 kilometers long. In this way, a 14.5-kilometer expansion of the metro corridor has been made in the NCR.
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