Phase III of the Delhi Metro, which will cover a distance of over 103 km, is estimated to be completed by 2016.
The new phase will provide ‘seamless connectivity’ to four major markets of the city – Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar.
The INA and Lajpat Nagar Metro stations will be converted into interchange stations to further boost the connectivity of these markets.
This chain of four consecutive Metro stations will come up on arterial Ring Road of the national capital catering to the four prominent markets of the South Delhi.
Speaking on phase III, Mangu Singh, Managing Director of DMRC said:
“We gearing up to procure additional rolling stock to meet the requirements of Phase-III. Global tenders have already been floated for the purchase of 486 new standard gauge coaches (3.2 meter wide stock) and 92 standard gauge coaches (2.9 meter wide stock), which are scheduled to arrive before the commissioning of the Phase-III corridors.
“We realise that Phase-III shall be very huge task to manage. The component of underground is quite high and it is expected that during peak period about 25 tunnel boring machines will be working. In order to monitor the performance of the tunnel boring machines in the sensitive areas, a centralised control centre shall be set-up with connectivity through GPS to all the tunnel boring machines,” he added.
As per the Detailed Project Report, about 200,000 more passengers will use these stations primarily to reach these prominent markets of the city which specialise in selling clothes, shoes and other materials.
