The Noida Authority and DMRC signed a memorandum of understanding for the 3.96 km Botanical Garden-Kalindi Kunj line, a tiny step for Metro but a giant stride for Noida in direct connectivity with the airport. It will also provide easy access to south Delhi's hot spots like Hauz Khas.
Once operational, this link -a part of Delhi Metro's 36.2 km Janakpuri West Botanical Garden line -will allow people living in Noida to board a Metro directly to Terminal 1D. It will also make Botanical Garden, which already has a station on the Blue Line, the first interchange station of Delhi Metro outside Delhi.
The signing of the MoU follows chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's approval at a cabinet meeting in Lucknow in June. The pact was inked by S D Sharma, director, business development of DMRC and Rama Raman, CEO, Noida Authority at Metro Bhawan in Delhi in the presence of DMRC's managing director Mangu Singh.
To be built at a cost of Rs.845 crore, the elevated Botanical Garden-Kalindi Kunj line is expected to be ready for use by 2017. Besides the domestic terminal of the airport, it will connect Noida with important areas in Delhi like Jamia Milia Islamia, Kalkaji, Okhla, Nehru Place, IIT, RK Puram, Munirka, Vasant Vihar, Palam and Janakpuri.
The bridge that will be a part of the Kalindi Kunj line will be the Delhi Metro network's fourth over the Yamuna. About 574 metres long, it is coming up about 85 metres downstream of the existing Okhla bridge. Around 80% work on the bridge has been completed.
Tenders have been floated for the viaduct and stations in parts of the corridor within Noida while work on the Kalindi Kunj Metro station is already in progress.This link will be the second Metro connection between Delhi and Noida. The current operational Line 3 connects Noida City Centre with Dwarka.
Officials said that Metro connectivity to the satellite cities of the NCR is being accorded the highest priority. While construction work is in progress on the Metro links to Faridabad and Bahadurgarh in Haryana, an MoU was recently signed for Metro extension to the New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad. Raman said all proposed routes will be fast-tracked.
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