The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has started work on 9.41 kilometre stretch for extension of Dilshad Garden Metro corridor to New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad.
“After conducting the soil test at different places on the route between Dilshad Garden and New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad, the DMRC has asked us to provide it a piece of land along the route for casting yard ,” said Ghaziabad Development Authority Vice-Chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav.A plot of 10-hectare land near Sanjay colony opposite Arthala shrine has been allotted to the DMRC for its temporary use to dump the castings.
“We are providing all possible assistance to the corporation to carry out its work on fast track. We have ensured DMRC that we will pull out all stops to remove hurdles in execution of the project. We will try to fulfil the public demand by completing the first phase of Dilshad Garden to New Bus Stand stretch within stipulated time,” said OSD of Ghaziabad Development Authority DP Singh.
The GDA and DMRC signed an MoU on June 17, 2014 for the extension of Dilshad Garden Metro Corridor to New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad. DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh, at that time, assured that they would try to complete the project before the stipulated time of three years.