Chief Minister of Haryana Nayab Singh has announced that the construction work of Metro expansion between Millennium City Center to Railway Station, Sector-22 and Cyber City in Gurugram will be started from May 1, 2025.

A total of `5,452.72 crore will be spent on this project. `896.19 crore will be spent on this project by the Central government and `4,556.53 crore by the Haryana government, he said.

The CM gave this information while chairing a review meeting for Metro expansion between Millennium City Center to Railway Station, Sector-22 and Cyber City on Tuesday.

In the meeting, the CM was informed that the work of Metro expansion will be completed in four years. In this regard, the CM directed the officials to take the work of Metro forward at a fast pace keeping in mind the convenience of the people.

Apart from this, he instructed the officials to make a good plan so that people do not face any inconvenience during the construction of the metro and the traffic runs smoothly. He said that whenever a big construction infrastructure is built, the officials should make such a plan that it lasts for a long time and people get benefits.

Under this project, a medium metro will be established, and it will operate on a standard gauge. Apart from this, this metro will be based on CBTC, i.e. communication-based train control signal and the maximum speed will be 80 kilometres per hour.

Initially, three coaches will be installed in this metro connectivity, and after that, it will be increased to six coaches. Five underpasses and flyovers are also to be built during the construction of the metro expansion," he said.

It may be noted that the detailed project report (DPR) of the metro rail running between Millennium City to Cyber City, Gurugram, has been approved by the Haryana Government and the Central Government, and the foundation stone of this project was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rewari on 16 February 2024. It was informed in the meeting that there will be a total of 27 stations on this 28.50 km long metro rail line and a depot will also be built, out of which 8 stations will be model stations.

The metro line will comprise 27 stations, including Mellnium City Centre, Sector 45, Cyber Park, Sector 47, Subhash Chowk, Sector 48, Hero Honda Chowk, Sector 72A, Hero Honda Chowk, Udyog Vihar Phase 6, Sector 10, Sector 37, Basai Village, Sector 9, Sector 7, Sector 4, Sector 5, Ashok Vihar, Sector 3, Bajghera Road, Palam Vihar Extension, Palam Vihar, Sector 23A, Sector 22, Udyog Vihar Phase 4, Udyog Vihar Phase 5, and Cyber City. The Basai village to Dwarka Expressway spur is included to ensure connectivity to the depot.