In order to give final shape to the metro project in the hill state, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has recently started survey for the 70 km metro line between Haridwar and Dehradun in Uttarakhand. The project is slated to be completed by 2021 and will cover around 70 km will also connect Rishikesh and the state government is trying to complete the project before the Mahakumbh‘ mela in 2021. In this connection, a team of engineers visited Haridwar and started work for geotechnical investigation and surveyed different sites in the city for the first phase of the project from Haridwar to Rishikesh (30 km). It may be recalled that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between the state Urban Housing Development Authority (UUHDA) and the DMRC during the previous government. A team of DMRC engineers visited Haridwar last month for conducting survey and several points were marked by the team in the city. Now geotechnical investigation work has been started by the DMRC. The metro line will be constructed in phases and the first phase will connect Dehradun and Rishikesh and in the second phase, the metro lines will be laid on Dehradun-Haridwar route.
