DMRC awards contract for Tughlaqabad-Aerocity corridor

Two days after it started construction work on the Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg corridor under Phase IV, DMRC has awarded the first civil contract for a 20.2km long Tughlaqabad-Aerocity corridor with 15 stations. While the corridor will connect Violet Line (Kashmere Gate-Raja Nahar Singh) with the Airport Express Line, the highlight of this section is a double-decker viaduct which will include the metro viaduct as well as an elevated six-lane flyover from Sangam Vihar to Ambedkar Nagar. The viaduct will be on the upper deck, at an elevation of 18 metres, while the road flyover will be on the lower deck at 9.3 metres. The total length of the integrated structure will be 2.4km, providing a first of its kind three-layered transport facility on this section. A 430-m long, six-lane underpass will also be constructed at Saket-G block at Mandir Marg crossing.

The first civil contract involves construction of a metro viaduct from Sangam Vihar to Saket-G block, including four elevated stations — Sangam Vihar, Khanpur-Devoli, Ambedkar Nagar and Saket-G block. Three corridors of Phase IV have so far been approved under which 61.6km of new metro lines will be constructed across three different corridors, comprising 45 stations. Managing director Mangu Singh said that the other two civil contracts awarded for Phase IV corridors include one for construction of 10 stations on Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg corridor — Keshopur, Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi, Mangolpuri, West Enclave, Pushpanjali, Deepali Chowk, Madhuban Chowk, Prashant Vihar and North Pitampura — and another for Maujpur-Majlis Park corridor. The latter comprises a bridge across Yamuna and an integrated elevated viaduct with a PWD flyover at the lower deck, and a metro line at the upper deck from Yamuna Vihar to Bhajanpura, and eight elevated stations — Yamuna Vihar, Bhajanpura, Khajuri Khas, Sonia Vihar, Soorghat, Jagatpur Village, Jharoda and Burari.