Govt plans ₹5,000-cr transit hub in South Delhi

Union housing and Urban Affairs Ministry and the Delhi Development Authority are contemplating to build an integrated transit hub worth ₹5,000 crore. It will cater to the expected rise in vehicular traffic around eight government colonies being redeveloped by the Centre. The Delhi L-G has directed DDA to discuss the funding options for the project with the urban affairs ministry before it is cleared by UTTIPEC, the apex body for traffic and transportation projects in Delhi. The plan includes a 14-km long elevated corridor from INA at Aurobindo Marg to Mahipalpur underpass at National Highway-8 and connecting all the flyovers between Moolchand and Moti Bagh, just before the start of the elevated Metro corridor on the Ring Road. The corridor will be an alternate route to the IGI airport covering all the general pool residential accommodation (GPRA) colonies in South Delhi —Sarojini Nagar, Nauroji Nagar, Srinivaspuri, Kasturba Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Mohammadpur and Thyagraj Nagar. This proposal was proposed by Delhi's Public Works Department (PWD) in the governing body of the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC) late last year. The PWD got a feasibility study for the corridor for approval on behalf of the National Buildings Construction Company (NBCC-India) involved in the redevelopment of four government colonies in South Delhi.