Metro connectivity likely to be expanded to Sonipat, Gr Noida
New Delhi: Delhi Metro network is likely to connect Sonepat and Greater Noida as a parliamentary panel has directed the Urban Development (UD) ministry to work towards it.
The Urban Development ministry should discuss with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Delhi and Haryana in this regard, suggested a report submitted by the Standing Committee on Urban Development on the demand for grants for 2013-14 which was tabled in parliament on Tuesday.
The metro connectivity is made available in Delhi and has also been extended to Noida, Vaishali (UP) and Gurgaon (Haryana). The committee recommended that the UD ministry has to work towards connecting Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridors with areas like Sonepat. It also advised the ministry to expand airport metro links in cities apart from Delhi, where such a line is already functioning.
In order to improve metro connectivity, separate funding for feeder buses is needed, said the committee. It has directed the UD ministry to form a specific policy on monorail and conduct a pilot project in the congested areas of metropolitan cities and come out with a policy and guidelines for implementation of ‘congestion tax’ by all the states.
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) seems willing to grant permission for Group Housing Developments on the industrial plots on the peripheral roads. It recommended the process should be expedited so that housing problem can be solved in Delhi, said the panel.
Meanwhile, the Haryana government is also looking to extend Delhi Metro up to Manesar. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced that a detailed project report (DPR) for the expansion project is almost ready. Once the centre approves the project, the state government will extend Delhi Metro up to the Industrial Model Township (IMT) in Manesar. Hooda said that the government is also solve the problem of traffic jam at Sirhol Toll Plaza in Gurgaon.
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