The opening of the Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand extension of Grey Line of the Delhi Metro has been postponed for about two weeks due to issues with an approach road to the station.
The extension line was scheduled to be inaugurated on August 6 along with a segment of the Pink Line at Trilokpuri by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Sources in the Delhi transport department said the condition of the approach road to the Dhansa Bus Stand Metro Station was "not even accessible to the public" let alone being motorable. On May 20, a large portion of the road along with the footpath near the site of construction of the station had caved in due to heavy rains, prompting the city Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot to order a probe into the incident.
Gahlot, next day, inspected the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) site at the Dhansa Stand Metro Station and Khaira Crossing where the cave-in had occurred. Sources, quoting Gahlot said, a cave-in had also occured in May 2020, and the DMRC had been submitting different timelines for completion of work and to restore the road for normal traffic, but the"assured timelines were never met".
Meanwhile, the DMRC when contacted said, the opening of the Najafgarh–Dhansa Bus Stand Metro section of the Grey Line is "being postponed for about two weeks’’ time since the completion of a vital road providing access to the station from a part of the nearby localities is pending".
A portion of a vital road link connecting Khaira Mor with Gopal Nagar had to be blocked for heavy vehicles due to the construction work on the reversal facility beyond the Dhansa Bus Stand Station.