Delhi Metro
A Government official revealed on Wednesday that a sum of Rs 200 crore has been released by the Government to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) “as contribution to equity as a first installment in the current year of 2014-15.” According to the information shared by the unidentified Government official, an amount Rs 3,561.60 crore [...] Continue Reading »
The High court of Delhi had held a session last week with the Land Acquisition Collector. In the session the high court asked the Land Acquisition Collector or LAC to provide the records related to awarding compensations to the residents. The compensations will be provided to the residents whose plots have been given to the [...] Continue Reading »
The official said the detailed project report (DPR) for the extension will be ready in another six months, a senior official of the Haryana government said. Once the DPR is ready, the Haryana government will approach the Centre for project approval. It will run alongside the northern and the southern peripheral roads, which are around [...] Continue Reading »
DMRC is now planning to start making stations operational from Mukundpur instead. While earlier, the Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar corridor was set to open from the Shiv Vihar side. Mangu Singh, managing director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said, “The corridor will be opened in sections. Earlier, we had planned to start the corridor from Shiv Vihar since [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) has awarded the Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) Ltd, a Rs 300 crore contract. This is the third time that the company has received contract from DMRC for the underground metro since October 2012 under the phase III development of Delhi Metro. The contract is primarily for the design [...] Continue Reading »
Today a loan agreement has been signed with the Government of India by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to provide 1,40,000 million Japanese Yen of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) for constructing the phase 3 of Delhi Metro under the Delhi Mass Rapid Transport System Project Phase 3 (II). This loan is successive to [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi Metro authorities say that the land acquisition procedures for the project have considerably slowed down as the district administration is involved in the conduct of Lok Sabha polls. The authorities point out that Aluva and Palarivattom would continue without many obstacles but works on the other stretches may get disturbed. A Kochi Metro official [...] Continue Reading »
The extension of the Yellow line to Badli, on the Jehangirpuri to HUDA City Centre corridor, will be one of the few Metro lines going over a railway line in the capital. The DMRC will construct a special bridge to stretch the Northern Railway tracks on the Delhi-Ambala route. DMRC will also construct two separate aerial [...] Continue Reading »
With the ongoing work on the “Barapullah Elevated Corridor-Phase II” progressing at the snail’s pace, it seems the stretch that connects INA Market to Aurobindo Marg would take a long time to get completed. A stark contrast would be the hectic activity being carried out at the Delhi Metro construction site nearby. Former Chief Minister [...] Continue Reading »
The deadline for Delhi metro Phase III is March 2016. According to Delhi Metro, around 25% of the work is complete, including two new corridors and extensions to some existing ones, crucial land acquisition, clearances and setting up of work infrastructure. Mukundpur to Shiv Vihar and Janakpuri (West) to Botanical Garden will connect west with [...] Continue Reading »
