Phase IV of the Delhi Metro to get a big infrastructural boost in Delhi-NCR. In order to save time in the much-delayed Phase IV project of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), it is now going to extensively use a utilize improved civil technology that has only been used on a few occasions previously.
DMRC has floated tenders for the design and construction of several aspects that will form part of the Delhi Metro Phase IV corridors.
The three corridors approved under Delhi Metro Phase IV are as follows:
- The Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor, 20.20 km long, will open 15 new metro stations
- The Janakpuri (west)-RK Ashram corridor, 28.92 km long, on the Magenta Line, will open 25 new metro stations
- The Mukundpur-Maujpur section, 12.54 km long, on the Pink Line, will open six new metro stations
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For Phase IV, DMRC has floated tenders for the elevated section of the Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor. Here are the details:
- Four elevated stations proposed on this corridor namely Sangam Vihar, Khanpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Saket G.
- The Saket-G station will be constructed as an interchange station between Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor and Lajpat Nagar-Saket G corridor
- On the Aerocity-Tughlakabad Corridor, a six-lane flyover along with Delhi Metro corridor is being planned on the M B Road. On this section, a viaduct will be constructed on the upper deck at an elevation of 18 metres, while the road flyover will be on the lower deck at a height of 9.3 metres
- The total length of the proposed integrated structure will be 2.4 km approximately providing a three-layer transport facility on this section.
- The flyover will start just after the proposed Sangam Vihar Metro station and will end after Ambedkar Nagar Metro station. It will also provide connectivity from M.B. road to the BRT corridor.
- A 430-metre six-lane underpass will also be constructed at Saket-G at Mandir marg crossing. This type of construction will come up for the first time in the national capital.
- DMRC will also construct a double-decker viaduct on the Majlis Park – Maujpur corridor between the Bhajanpura and Yamuna Vihar station. The length of this double-decker viaduct will be around 1.4 km and will be on the central verge of the road.
- DMRC has floated the civil tenders for the entire 12.58 km long Majlis Park – Maujpur Metro corridor. This will be the first double-decker viaduct to be constructed in Delhi and the Delhi Metro network.