Bahadurgarh Metro on fast track:
Hooda
GURGAON: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on
Friday claimed that the Bahadurgarh-Mundka Metro link has been put on
fast-track.
Hooda was speaking at the 26th meeting of the northern zonal council in Delhi. The meeting was presided over by Union home minister P Chidambaram. The CM said the extension of Delhi Metro from Mundka in Delhi to City Park at Bahadurgarh in Haryana is being taken up by the state government. The total length of the metro corridor is 11.182 kms.
According to Hooda, 4.9 km of the total length falls in Haryana and 6.3 falls in Delhi. Hooda said that as per the updated DPR, the total cost of Haryana portion is estimated at Rs 902 crore and the state will be sharing the shortfall, if any, up to Rs. 152 crore.
For the ambitious project the state government has pledged to provide 10 hectare of land for development of the depot in Bahadurgarh as a component of property development.
During the meeting, Hooda also asked the central government to expedite the project. Hooda also said that the work on Faridabad metro section has started and it is expected to become operational by August, 2014. On the construction of 135 km long Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway Project, Hooda said: "We have been monitoring the progress and pursuing the matter with the Concessionaire to expedite the project. The Manesar Palwal section is expected to be ready in the next three-four months."
Hooda was speaking at the 26th meeting of the northern zonal council in Delhi. The meeting was presided over by Union home minister P Chidambaram. The CM said the extension of Delhi Metro from Mundka in Delhi to City Park at Bahadurgarh in Haryana is being taken up by the state government. The total length of the metro corridor is 11.182 kms.
According to Hooda, 4.9 km of the total length falls in Haryana and 6.3 falls in Delhi. Hooda said that as per the updated DPR, the total cost of Haryana portion is estimated at Rs 902 crore and the state will be sharing the shortfall, if any, up to Rs. 152 crore.
For the ambitious project the state government has pledged to provide 10 hectare of land for development of the depot in Bahadurgarh as a component of property development.
During the meeting, Hooda also asked the central government to expedite the project. Hooda also said that the work on Faridabad metro section has started and it is expected to become operational by August, 2014. On the construction of 135 km long Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway Project, Hooda said: "We have been monitoring the progress and pursuing the matter with the Concessionaire to expedite the project. The Manesar Palwal section is expected to be ready in the next three-four months."
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