After a delay of more than three years, construction of Delhi Metro’s Phase IV project is finally going to start by the end of this month.
The first civil contract of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) Phase IV project has been awarded for the construction of a portion of Janakpuri West – R K Ahsram Marg corridor, which is an extension of the Magenta Line (Botanical Garden-Janakpuri West).
The contract includes construction of a portion of the Janakpuri West – R K Ahsram Marg corridor with ten stations -Keshopur, Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi, Mangolpuri, West Enclave, Pushpanjali, Deepali Chowk, Madhuban Chowk, Prashant Vihar and North Pitampura. This was also the first Phase IV tender to be floated by DMRC.
“The given work involves the part design and construction of elevated viaduct, elevated ramp, siding line and station buildings,” a DMRC spokesperson said. “The work on this corridor is expected to commence by end of November and is scheduled to be completed within 30 months from the commencement,” he said. The 28.9 km long Janakpuri West–R. K Ahsram Marg corridor, Phase IV’s longest, will come up with 22 stations.
The Phase IV project comprises six corridors with a combined length of nearly 104 kilometres. While the Delhi government had approved all the six proposed corridors in December last year, three priority corridors comprising 61.6 km were approved by the Centre in March this year, including the Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg corridor. The other two corridors are Aerocity – Tughlakabad (20.2 km) and Majlis Park – Maujpur (12.5 km).
“The Delhi Metro is currently engaged in the preparatory works for three approved corridors of Phase IV, under which 61.6 km of new Metro lines shall be constructed across three different corridors comprising of 46 Metro stations,” the spokesperson said. “These new sections shall provide inter-connectivity among the already operational sections of Delhi Metro,” he said.
The Janakpuri West-R K Ashram Marg corridor would provide direct connectivity between west, northwest and north Delhi. The corridor will start from the Janakpuri West station, which is already an interchange station with the Blue Line (Dwarka-Vaishali/Noida City Centre) and Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden) meeting here. The corridor will cross the Green Line (Inderlok-City Park) once at Peeragarhi and will cross the Pink Line twice at Majlis Park and Azadpur.
This corridor also crosses the Red (Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda-Rithala) and Yellow Lines (HUDA City Centre-Samaypur Badli) twice at Pitampura and Pul Bangash and Haiderpur Badli Mor and Azadpur, respectively before terminating at R K Ashram Marg station on Blue Line. At nine stations, this corridor will have the highest number of interchange points in Phase IV.
