Haryana, DMRC sign pact for Badarpur-Faridabad link

New Delhi: Haryana and Delhi Metro today signed a MoU for construction of 14-km corridor connecting the national capital with its satellite city of Faridabad. The MoU was signed by SS Dhillon, financial commissioner & principal secretary, town and country planning department, Haryana and Kumar Keshav, director (project & planning) of the Delhi Metro.[caption id=“attachment_256191” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Expanding metro rail presence. Image courtesy ibnlive”]  [/caption] The agreement was signed in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Delhi Metro chief Mangu Singh. The fully-elevated corridor, the longest Metro line in the NCR, will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2,533 crores by 2016 when the Delhi Metro’s Phase-III is expected to be completed. The Badarpur-Faridabad link is an extension of the existing Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor and will be integrated with it after completion. With an aim to complete the corridor well ahead of schedule, Delhi Metro has floated tenders for construction of all nine elevated station buildings including architectural finishing, water supply, sanitary installation and external development work. According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR), the daily ridership of this 13.875 km Metro corridor is expected to be 2.14 lakhs (in 2014 after commissioning of the corridor for the public). The civil contract for the construction of this corridor has been awarded in February, 2012, and the corridor will be commissioned by end of 2014. PTI