DMRC floats tenders for elevated metro corridor

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has floated tenders for the design and construction of the 5.5km long elevated section of the 20-km Aerocity-Tughlaqabad corridor of the Phase IV project. The stretch will have four elevated stations — Sangam Vihar, Khanpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Saket G Block — and 12 underground stops, the tenders for which are yet to be floated. A first-of-its-kind three-layer transport facility has been planned for the Mehrauli Badarpur Road in south Delhi where the stretch will have a 2.4-km double-deck viaduct with a Delhi Metro corridor running on the upper deck and a six-lane flyover on the lower, while a six lane underpass connecting Saket G Block to Sangam Vihar will run below, said an official spokesperson. The upper deck would come up at an elevation of 18m, while the flyover will be at a height of 9.3m and the total length of the integrated structure will be 2.4-km. The flyover will start just after the proposed Sangam Vihar metro station and end after Ambedkar Nagar stop, providing connectivity from Mehrauli Badarpur Road to BRT corridor. A 430m six-lane underpass will be constructed at Saket G Block at Mandir Marg crossing, providing uninterrupted traffic movement from Sangam Vihar to Saket-G Block towards Mehrauli from Badarpur and vice versa. The Saket-G station will be an interchange stop between Aerocity-Tughlaqabad and the proposed Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block corridors. These apart, DMRC is currently constructing a double deck viaduct on the Majlis Park-Maujpur corridor, which is expected to come up between Bhajanpura and Yamuna Vihar metro stations. Prior to this, DMRC had floated tenders for the 12.58-km Majlis Park-Maujpur metro corridor, which has eight elevated stations.

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