All cities with over one million people will eventually have metro rail system!
Here is some news on the many different cities.
Delhi Metro
Currently work completed ahead of schedule and continueing. Lines have already been opened.
For Current Delhi Metro pics, go here
Delhi Metro awards phase-II contracts
PM News Bureau
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has awarded contracts for all six corridors of phase II and work on them is expected to commence soon. Having completed phase-I and work on Line 3 extensions in Dwaraka and Indraprashta Estate nearing completion, DMRC is keen to complete phase II by 2009-10.
DMRC is racing against time to get the work completed in time for the Commonwealth Games 2010. Construction has already started on two new lines - 6.36 km between Vishwavidyalaya and Jahangirpuri and earlier this year on the 6.16-km long section between Yamuna bank and Anand Vihar. Contracts have now been awarded for the rest of the sections as well - from Shahdara to Dilshad Garden, Indraprastha to New Ashok Nagar, Inderlok to Mundka and Central Secretariat to South Delhi.
Reports suggest that DMRC is considering changes in the route for the South Delhi stretch from Central Secretariat to IIT though it has already started pre-construction work like soil testing.
Also, DMRC has for the first time outsourced design and construction jobs under phase-II to a Bangalore-based engineering firm - IDEB Projects and Shanghai Urban Construction Group which has bagged the Rs 168-crore project. The contract is for designing and building an elevated viaduct of 4.56 km and five-elevated stations on the Inderlok-Mundka corridor for phase-II of the metro rail project. The project is expected to be completed in 30 months.
[01 May 2006]
Here is some news on the many different cities.
Delhi Metro
Currently work completed ahead of schedule and continueing. Lines have already been opened.
For Current Delhi Metro pics, go here



Delhi Metro awards phase-II contracts
PM News Bureau
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has awarded contracts for all six corridors of phase II and work on them is expected to commence soon. Having completed phase-I and work on Line 3 extensions in Dwaraka and Indraprashta Estate nearing completion, DMRC is keen to complete phase II by 2009-10.
DMRC is racing against time to get the work completed in time for the Commonwealth Games 2010. Construction has already started on two new lines - 6.36 km between Vishwavidyalaya and Jahangirpuri and earlier this year on the 6.16-km long section between Yamuna bank and Anand Vihar. Contracts have now been awarded for the rest of the sections as well - from Shahdara to Dilshad Garden, Indraprastha to New Ashok Nagar, Inderlok to Mundka and Central Secretariat to South Delhi.
Reports suggest that DMRC is considering changes in the route for the South Delhi stretch from Central Secretariat to IIT though it has already started pre-construction work like soil testing.
Also, DMRC has for the first time outsourced design and construction jobs under phase-II to a Bangalore-based engineering firm - IDEB Projects and Shanghai Urban Construction Group which has bagged the Rs 168-crore project. The contract is for designing and building an elevated viaduct of 4.56 km and five-elevated stations on the Inderlok-Mundka corridor for phase-II of the metro rail project. The project is expected to be completed in 30 months.
[01 May 2006]