The much awaited construction of Phase -IV metro corridor has begun as the Delhi metro Rail Corporation’s has commenced the construction work on the Janakpuri West — R K Ashram, extension of Magenta Line corridor with the ground breaking ceremony on Monday at Haiderpur Badli Mor.

The ground breaking ceremony was held in the presence of DMRC’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh and other senior officials.

“Piling work was commenced at Haiderpur Badli Mor as part of the Phase 4’s first civil contract which was awarded last month for the construction of a portion of the Janakpuri West — RK Ashram Marg Corridor (Extension of Line — 8, Magenta Line),” said the official.

The 12.3 km long corridor will consist 10 stations - Keshopur, Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi, Mangolpuri, West Enclave, Pushpanjali, Deepali Chowk, Madhuban Chowk, Prashant Vihar and North Pitampura. The entire corridor is elevated.

The work involves the part design and construction of elevated viaduct, elevated ramp, siding line and station buildings from Keshopur to Haiderpur Badli Mor. The work on this corridor is expected to be completed within 30 months from the commencement of work.

“The 28.92 km long Janakpuri West - R. K Ahsram Marg corridor is an extension of Magenta Line and will come up with 22 stations. The tenders for the remaining stations of this corridor are also nearing finalisation. Tenders for civil construction have already been floated for the other planned corridors and two more contracts have already been awarded,” said the officials.

The section will have three major interchange stations to different Lines, Peeragarhi (with Green Line), Madhuban Chowk (with Red Line) and Haiderpur Badli Mor (with Yellow Line). In addition, the entire Janakpuri West - R. K Ahsram Marg corridor will comprise of three more interchange stations at Majlis Park (with Pink Line), Azadpur (with Yellow and Pink Lines) and R K Ashram Marg (with Blue Line). Therefore, in total, this corridor will have six interchange stations.

“When the Haiderpur Badli Mor Metro station was constructed on the Yellow Line as part of Delhi Metro’s Phase III , provisions were kept for its expansion as an interchange facility in Phase IV. This will help in substantially reducing construction time as well as costs in Phase IV,” said DMRC.

Interestingly, The Phase IV platforms of Haiderpur Badli Mor which will come up above the already existing Phase III station and will also be the highest ever platform in Delhi Metro at a height of 23.5 metres. The Mayur Vihar Phase 1 Pink Line station is at a height of 22 metres while the Karkardooma station is at a height of 20 metres. 

Three corridors of Phase 4 have so far been approved under which, 61.679 kilometres of new Metro lines shall be constructed across three different corridors comprising of 45 Metro stations. These new sections shall provide interconnectivity among the already operational sections of Delhi Metro. Out of the six corridors, three corridors of Phase IV were approved by the Central government in March 2019. The corridors whose tender has been awarded are Aerocity to Tughlakabad, RK Ashram to Janakpuri and Maujpur to Majlis Park.

“Today, the DMRC commenced work on the 4th Phase of construction of the Delhi Metro Project comprising of three corridors covering 61.67 kilometers at Haiderpur Badli Mor. The first phase of construction of the Delhi Metro had started on 1st October, 1998 and since then the Delhi Metro has established itself as the most reliable public transportation system in the national capital and its peripheries. During these two decades, the Delhi Metro project has also emerged as one of the fastest executed Metro projects anywhere in the world,” said Anuj Dayal, Executive Director (Corporate Communication), DMRC.