Noida - W Delhi metrolink planned

Delhi Metro is going to Noida again. The new 3.5km line, an extension of the Janakpuri (west)- Kalindi Kunj corridor, will go on till Botanical Garden via Amity. To reach Amity in Noida, it will cross the Yamuna along the Okhla barrage and thereafter, culminate at the existing Botanical Garden station. Sources said that Noida authority had approved the line in principle but a written approval was yet to come. Delhi Metro has already come out with a tender for construction of the connecting bridge for the extension. The extension is likely to cater to a large section of commuters from both the NCR town and parts of west and south Delhi. The Dwarka sector 21-Noida city center corridor or the blue line, which is one of the corridors with high ridership, already goes to Noida. The new line will connect the NCR with areas like Vasant Vihar, Munirka, Hauz Khas, Greater Kailash Enclave, Nehru Place and Jasola Vihar. It is also expected to take some of the load off the blue line, which clocks 15-17 lakh passengers on weekdays. The existing station at Botanical Garden will be converted into an interchange station and the stretch from Kalindi Kunj to Botanical Garden will be elevated, said Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials. The bridge connecting the station at Kalindi Kunj and the Botanical Garden via Amity is not the only bridge to come up in Phase III of the Delhi Metro network. The Mukundpur-Yamuna Vihar corridor in this phase also has a bridge crossing the Yamuna. The bridge for the Noida extension will be 574m long with a span of 42m. It will be constructed about 85m downstream of the existing Okhla bridge, according to the tender issued by DMRC. Officials said the bridge piers would be such that these did not obstruct the water way of the existing Okhla barrage bridge upstream. The bridge on the Mukundpur-Yamuna Vihar line will, however, be constructed about 83 metres downstream of the existing Nizammudin bridge.