The Dwarka-Dhansa bus stand extension of the Delhi Metro’s Gray Line is ready to open for the general public, with officers conducting necessary safety checks on the 1.2-km-long stretch on Wednesday.
Commissioner of Railway Safety (CMRS) inspection is often the final step earlier than a line is opened for business operation. The remaining report of CMRS will probably be inspected in just a few days.
The extension will cowl components of rural Najafgarh. At current a 4.2 km lengthy part of the Gray Line between Dwarka and Najafgarh stations is operational. Another station – Nangli – additionally falls on the route.
The route comes below the meeting constituency represented by the Transport Minister of Delhi, Kailash Gehlot. Last month, Gehlot inspected the work on the road within the presence of senior officers of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
The 1.2 kilometer lengthy extension was initially scheduled to be opened by December 2020. However, the pandemic-induced lockdown and subsequent labor scarcity led to delays.
The Gray Line, which is the shortest hall of the Metro, connects Najafgarh, which is essentially rural, with the remainder of town. Dwarka serves as an interchange facility because the Blue Line, which extends to Noida Electronic City, additionally touches the station.
Incidentally, the Dhansa Bus Stand station would be the first underground station of DMRC to have an entire underground ground for parking of autos.
The parking facility will probably be built-in with the primary station space the place car customers will have the ability to park their automobiles and two wheelers after which proceed on to the station utilizing lifts and escalators.
“The station has been designed as a four-level underground construction, with the platform on the backside (at a depth of about 18 metres), adopted by the concourse after which a full ground for parking above that, together with the roof stage. Will occur. prime (floor stage),” DMRC stated in a press release.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
