The Managing Director, DMRC Dr. E. Sreedharan, today inspected the proposed alignment of Faridabad with the Director Project, Sh. Kumar Keshav and a team of DMRC Civil Engineers. This line will be the extension of existing line 6 (Central Sectt- Badarpur) of Delhi Metro.

The 13.8 km long line will be completely elevated and will have the following nine stations: Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Sector 27 A, Badkal Mor, Faridabad Old, Ajronda, Faridabad New Town and YMCA Chowk.

The detailed project report prepared by DMRC is under submission to the Government of Haryana and a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has also been sent to them for approval. The Empowered Committee of the Ministry of Urban Development has already approved the proposal and the approval of Empowered Group of Ministers is awaited.

The estimated cost of the project is ? 2533 crores and ? 100 crs has already been allocated by the Central Government in the current financial year’s budget.

AD/CPRO/DMRC

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