New Delhi: Gray Line Delhi Metro (Dwarka-Najafgarh) is ready to reach the Delhi-Haryana border in Dhansa next month.
Parts 4.3 km Dwarka-Najafgarh from Gray Line, connecting the countryside of Najafgarh with the entire city through the Metro network, has been opened to the public in October 2019.
However, a small portion of the corridor, which will expand.
to the Delhi-Haryana border, it remains open.
Minister of Transportation Kailash Gahlot visited the upcoming station in Dhansa on Saturday for inspection.
“I am pleased to tell that the work of the Metro Stand Dhansa station in Najafgarh has been completed.
Will be opened to the public.
Check the station with DMRC officials today.
This metro station also has closed parking facilities for around 150 vehicles,” Gahlot Tweeting posted his visit.
“We do all efforts to try and open the Najafgarh-Dhansa section next few months after complying with all legal requirements,” said Executive Director of Anuj Dayal (Corporate Communication), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
A 5.4 km gray line is not part of the original DMRC phase-III project and instead it is added to it later.
Inaugurated in October last year, the Dwarka section to Najafgarh, which has a high stretch of 2.7 km and 1.5-km underground, has three stations – Dwarka and Nangli stations that are elevated and underground Najafgarh Station.
The extension to the Dhansa Bus Stand on the border of Delhi-Haryana is scheduled to open in December 2020 but because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the work was stopped and only continued as part of the opening guidelines.
Stretch 1.2 km with one station then scheduled to be completed in May 2021, but some still work must be resolved.
According to sources, the final safety inspection of this section is likely to take place on July 10, July 10.
The Najafgarh-Dhanya bus holder will be an extension to the gray line corridor Dwarka-Najafgarh that is operating.
For the construction of an underground corridor from Najafgarh to Dhansa, two methods used.
While 700 meters tunneling is done using the Tunnel Drilling Machine (TBM), another 290 meter underground work is being carried out by the cut-and-cover method.
Dense traffic on stretching between Najafgarh and Dhansa Stand is the main challenge faced by DMRC, while carrying out construction work.
Gray Line, the smallest corridor of Delhi Metro, connects Najafgarh with the entire capital, thanks to the exchange facility with a blue line (Dwarka-Vaishali / Noida Electronic City) in Dwarka.
There are three trains deployed on the corridor and the total travel time on this section will be six minutes and 20 seconds.