New Delhi: The opening of the Najafgarh-Dhansa bus extension from the Gray Line of Metro Delhi has been postponed for about two weeks due to problems with the road approach to the station, officials said on Wednesday.
The extension line is scheduled to be inaugurated on August 6 along with the pink line segment in Trilokpuri by Union Minister of Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chair, Arvinw Kejriwal.
Sources in the Delhi Department of Transportation said the road conditions approach to the Dhansa bus station metro station “and even inaccessible to the public” especially become a motorbike.
On May 20, most of the road along with the trail near the station construction site had surrendered due to heavy rain, pushing the Minister of Transportation of Kailash City Gahlot to order the probe into the incident.
Gahlot, the next day, checked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) site at the Dinsa Stand Metro Station and Khaira crossed where the cave had occurred.
Source, citing Gahlot said, a cave also occurred in May 2020, and DMRC had submitted a different timeline for job settlement and to restore the road for normal traffic, but “schedules guaranteed never met”.
Meanwhile, DMRC when contacted said, the opening of the Metro section stood Najafgarh-Dhansa from the gray line was “postponed for two weeks since the resolution of the vital road provides access to the station from the part of the location of the nearest location waiting”.
Some of the vital road connect connecting Khaira Mor with Gopal Nagar must be blocked for heavy vehicles because of construction work in the reversal facilities outside the Dhansa Bus Station Station.
However, after the completion of the tunneling work in the reversing area, the road is now being restored and will soon be ready which will facilitate easy access to the station from various interior areas outside Najafgarh, DMRC said.
Date of inauguration The Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand part will be intimidated immediately after the completion of this delayed job.
Meanwhile, the inauguration of the trilokpuri part in the pink line will be held on Friday as previously announced, a DMRC spokesman said.
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Head of the Minister of Delhi are scheduled to open two parts through video conferencing, DMRC says on Sunday.
While the inauguration function will be held online in the morning on August 6, passenger services will begin on the same day at 3 pm in both parts, he said.
But, because the gray line extension has been suspended, only the pink line will be opened to the public.
The Najafgarh-Dhanya bus holder, almost one kilometer (891 m) will take the Metro further into the Najafgarh interior area.
This extension of the gray line of 4.2 km (Dwarka-Najafgarh Corridor) will greatly benefit the residents of the interior area around Najafgarh, who explored history.
Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor opened in October 2019, which has connected the Urban Village area of Najafgarh to a quick transit network for the first time.
The upcoming Dhansa Bus Station has been decorated with interesting art and photos, which displays a rich inheritance, culture, flora and fauna from the national capital in the suburbs of this city.
The opening of the trilokpuri section, around 289 m, between Lake Mayur Pocket 1 and Trilokpuri Sanjay station, will fully connect the entire 59 km of the pink line and will connect important city landmarks, such as Anand Vihar Train Station, Anand Vihar Isbt, Railway Station Nizamuddin, the market in South Extension, INA and Lajpat Nagar, officials said.
Corridor Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar or pink line covers 38 stations.
The opening of the metro gray extension is suspended
