Delhi Metro is fast-tracking conduct of preliminary surveys on the proposed corridors and has floated tenders for a few of them, including the one that will connect the Capital with its satellite city of Faridabad.
Civil construction
Delhi Metro has begun civil construction on the Central Secretariat-Mandi House section of the Central Secretariat-Kashmere Gate corridor.
Tenders have been floated for construction of Mandi House-Jama Masjid section, which is completely underground and Badarpur-Faridabad corridor.
A DMRC spokesman said tenders have also been opened for construction of a third bridge on river Yamuna near Hazrat Nizamuddin on the Mukundpur-Yamuna Vihar corridor.
“Civil work is expected to commence on most of the corridors by the end of the year, while Tunnel Boring Machines are expected to be lowered on the Central Secretariat — Mandi House corridor by November,” a DMRC spokesman told PTI.
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