GHAZIABAD: The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety(CMRS) SK Pathak on Tuesday carried out inspection on 9.41Km Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda section of Delhi Metro’s Red Line extension on Tuesday. According to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) official the inspection which was scheduled for a day only, the CMRS will now submit the report within a week after which it will be ready for commissioning."The CMRS SK Pathak made three trips on the 9.41Km Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda route during which high speed testing was also conducted” said a DMRC official. “Prior to that he also inspected the track on trolly right from Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda” added the official.This will be the last of step before the project is ready for commissioning which is expected any time after 15 February as per GDA.It was in June 2014 that GDA and DMRC signed MoU for the extension of the presently operational Rithala – Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda in Ghaziabad. The 9.41 Km route length is entirely on an elevated platform having eight stations in Ghaziabad namely Shaheed Nagar, Raj Bagh, Rajendra Nagar, Shyam Park, Mohan Nagar, Arthala, Hindon river and Ghaziabad New Bus Adda. All along 9.41 KM about 400 pillars have been erected at a height between 10m to 12m from ground.The trial on this corridor was started by DMRC in August last year and PIB approval for the project came in December.The cost of project has varied since 2014 when the project was conceived. It was Rs 1770 crore in 2014 after which DMRC came up with revised DPR pegging the project cost to Rs 2210 crore. But three months ago it the completion cost was downsized to Rs 1781.21 crore.Construction of this corridor was a major challenge as it runs along the busy GT Road which has non - stop traffic running throughout the day. Due to this most of the construction activities including launching of girders had to be carried out during night hours.This would be the second Metro Line in Ghaziabad after Vaishali and the first metro link connecting the interiors of Ghaziabad. This corridor will pass through the Sahibabad Industrial Area and will significantly impact the residential areas lying in proximity. The metro line will connect residents of Ghaziabad City with various parts of Delhi / NCR. As per DMRC this corridor will see a daily ridership of about 20,000 passengers.

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