New Delhi: With the construction work of the Phase-IV corridors of Delhi Metro-you are expected to be completed by-2029 spread over 110 km, the plan process for Charan-V has started, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director Vikas Kumar told ThePrint. ,
In an interview, Kumar said that there is a need to develop a strong transport system in the Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) to meet future mobility challenges due to rapid urbanization.
“It is said that by 2030, about 42 percent of India’s population will remain in urbanized areas. Delhi-NCR is also looking at the book urbanization rapidly, and to deal with dynamics challenges in the future, we need a strong transport spine. We need these (new) corridors. I would say that Charan-V (of Delhi Metro) is definitely on Anville and the government will take a decision, ”Kumar said.
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Currently, Delhi Metro has about 395 km of operational network in Delhi and NCR. In December 2019, it began work on Phase-IV under which six corridors are proposed.
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Although the Metro’s Charan-V plan is in the newborn stages, Kumar said that the new corridors will be selected with the aim of condensing the existing network.
“This will be a mixture of both the deprived and new areas of the existing network. This idea is to develop a dense network so that maximum people can use it, ”Kumar said. “We are working on this with the government (Center and State), as the alignment is to be decided by them.”
Meanwhile, central government sources said that a plan is being prepared for expansion for some existing corridors.
For example, the Ministry of Central Housing and Urban Affairs is exploring the possibility of extending the Under-Construction 12.3 km Inderlok-Indraraprastha Metro Corridor to the Dickongest Central Delhi to the south block. ThePrint told about it Center’s proposed scheme In December last year.
Seven kilometers long underground metro corridors are being proposed to connect all 10 new government office buildings, Bharat Gate, Bharat Mandapam and proposed Use Yujen Bharat Museum in North and South blocks with 400 km of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Is. The operational network, an official of a senior ministry, said on the condition of anonymity.
Sources in the ministry said that a final decision on the metro connectivity plan has not been taken yet.
Step-iv will be completed by 2029
Work on Phase-IV starting in December 2019 is delayed for various reasons including Kovid epidemic.
“The initial delayed due to the epidemic, and then the permission for cutting trees (from the Delhi government) was delayed. But all these issues have now been resolved, ”Kumar said.
Of the six corridors in Charan IV, three corridors – Mauzpur to Majlis Park (12.3 km), Krishna Park Extension to Ramakrishna Ashram Marg (26.5 km) and Delhi Aerocity to Tughalakabad (23.6 km) – priority corridor Is.
Kumar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a small part of a priority corridor (Krishna Park Extension for Ramakrishna Ashram Marg) in January, three corridors are expected to be ready by December 2026.
He said that the remaining three – Indrylok Indraprastha, Lajpat Nagar to Saket G Block and Rithala from Kundali – which was approved by the Union Cabinet last year will be completed by 2029.
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the 26 km long Rithala-to-Kundali Corridor in January before the Delhi assembly elections.
(Edited by Sudha V)