The proposed link will extend the Blue Line of the Metro from Noida’s Sector 62 and terminate at Sahibabad, adjacent to the Sahibabad station of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project, and will create an interchange hub for commuters. ,
The proposed link will extend the Blue Line of the Metro from Noida’s Sector 62 (above), and terminate at Sahibabad, adjacent to the Sahibabad station of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project, and will create an interchange hub for commuters.
Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) officials said they are trying to find alternatives to the expensive private land required to execute the 5.017 km metro extension from Noida’s Sector 62 to Ghaziabad’s Sahibabad.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday submitted the revised detailed project report (DPR) to the GDA for the project with an increased cost of about ₹356 crore.
GDA sources said the authority had last month asked DMRC to revise the previous DPR as funding issues had arisen for the first time at the state level. The project cost was estimated at ₹1,517 crore in the earlier DPR, and the revised estimated cost in the new DPR is ₹1,873.31 crore.
GDA officials said they would soon send the revised DPR to the state government and seek its intervention on funding besides government land for the project.
The revised DPR states that 20% of the cost will be borne by the Central government and the remaining by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government. The revised DPR also states that the proposed link will require 7,690.10 square meters of private land and 19,001.2 square meters of government land.
“The metro link is proposed to pass through Indirapuram and Vasundhara. The DPR states that approximately 300-400 square meters of land will be required for entry/exit of the stations and this will require private land. Since land is expensive, we may ask DMRC to make changes in entry/exit at places where government land is available,” said GDA chief engineer Manvendra Singh.
Officials said the circle rate of land in Indirapuram ranges between ₹75,000 to ₹1 lakh per square meter and any acquisition of it may have to be paid at double the rate.
Officials also indicated that they may also consider eliminating some of the proposed stations to further reduce costs.
In the revised report, DMRC has proposed five stations for the 5.017 km link – in the Vaibhav section, near DPS Indirapuram; Shakti Khand, Vasundhara Sector 7 and Sahibabad.
“Government land along the route belongs to GDA, UP Housing Development, Irrigation Department and some land may also be required from the Central Industrial Security Force. State government intervention is needed here. We have also proposed that the metro link will be constructed midway on CISF Road at Indirapuram and then the alignment will be elevated to reach the existing Hindon Elevated Road before entering Vasundhara,” Singh said.
GDA officials said they are investigating the report and also trying to ascertain the cost of private and government land involved in the total cost of Rs 1,873.31 crore.
The proposed link will be an extension of the Blue Line of the Metro and will terminate at Sahibabad, adjacent to the Sahibabad station of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project, and will create an interchange hub for commuters.