Shri Manoj Joshi, Chairman of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India on 12-03-2022 visited the Corporate office of Delhi Metro (Metro Bhawan) after assuming charge as its Chairman in December last year.
- During his visit, he interacted with the senior officials of the Delhi Metro in the presence of Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director/DMRC and took stock of the progress of ongoing works on the three priority corridors of Phase-4.
- At present, DMRC is undertaking construction work on 65.1 KM of Phase-4 priority corridors which include Janakpuri West to RK Ashram Marg (28.92 KM), Majlis Park to Maujpur (12.55 KM)- which are extensions of the already operational Magenta and Pink Lines respectively and Tughalakabad to Aerocity (23.62 KM) which is being built up as Silver Line, connecting the operational Violet and Airport Lines from the respective ends.
- In addition, the Chairman also reviewed Metro Operations & Maintenance activities.
- At present, DMRC is successfully handling the operations and maintenance of over
- 390 KM of network comprising of 286 Metro stations including Rapid Metro in Gurugram and Aqua Line in Greater Noida and is ranked amongst one of the world’s largest Metro networks.
Recent Update:
A dedicated skywalk, constructed by DMRC in collaboration with Northern Railway, for providing seamless connectivity between the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway station and the adjacent New Delhi Metro stations on Yellow Line and Airport Express Line will be opened for passenger use from on 05-03-2022.
- This newly constructed Skywalk is an extension of the foot over bridge (FOB) inside the railway station and connects the Ajmeri Gate Side of the station with the New Delhi Metro station as well as the multilevel parking across Bhavbhuti Marg through multiple entry and exit points.
- The main highlights of this skywalk will be as follows:
- The skywalk is 242 meters long.
- This dedicated skywalk will be of great benefit to provide seamless connectivity between one of the busiest hubs of New Delhi Railway station and Metro stations of New Delhi on Yellow Line and Airport Express Line.
- Apart from providing seamless connectivity, the skywalk will also help in streamlining the traffic flow on Ajmeri Gate side of the railway station.
- The Skywalk has been provided with escalators along with facilities such as CCTV surveillance cameras etc.
- The construction of this unique skywalk in a hub witnessing significant traffic, was a major engineering challenge including the disruptions posed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- The structure had to be built above a functional underground Metro station just 3 metres below with major traffic movement on Bhavbhuti Marg.
- Also, the bridge had to be connected to two pre-existing building structures at the far ends ensuring minimum inconvenience to the people, infrastructure and other buildings nearby.
Source: DMRC-Press Release | Image Credit: DMRC
