Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday laid the foundation stone of extension of YMCA Metro rail to Ballabhgarh project costing Rs 468.20 crore at district Faridabad.
Hooda said that this project would provide an international level travelling facility to the people of Delhi, Faridabad and Ballabhgarh.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated and laid foundation stone of various projects costing Rs 53.9 crore at Ballabhgarh sub-divisional area. A spokesperson of the State Government said that an amount of Rs 564 crore would be spent on the extension of Metro Rail project from YMCA to Ballabhgarh, the construction work of which would be completed by March 2017. Two new stations at NCB colony and Ballabhgarh would be set up on this metro line. The extension work of Delhi Metro project from Badarpur to YMCA Chowk, Faridabad is in its last phase.
The 13.875 km long Delhi to Ballabhgarh metro rail project costs Rs 2494 crore out of which Haryana Government has spent Rs 1557.40 crore, he informed.
Hooda also laid the foundation stone of Ambedkar Bhawan and library costing Rs 9.29 crore at Ballabhgarh. later, he laid the foundation stone of sports stadium and swimming pool costing Rs 7.75 crore at Ballabhgarh.
The foundation stone of Government Senior Secondary School costing Rs 4.50 crore, New OPD Block of AIIMS costing Rs 9 crore and Old Age Home costing Rs 1.27 crore was also laid down by Hooda in Ballabhgarh.