Gurugram: ₹5,452 Cr New Metro Line, With 27 Stations, To Be Built In The City & Here’s All About It

Gurugram will get a new metro line! Connecting Millennium City Centre to Cyber City, the new metro will have 27 stations and the entire project is expected to cost ₹5,452 crore. Work on phase 1 of this infrastructure project is expected to begin soon and here’s all you need to know about it.

Gurugram To Get A New Metro Line

Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) is all set to get a new line and it will significantly improve the intracity commute. According to the Times of India, a new 28.5km long corridor with 27 stations will be built in the city. It will connect Millennium City Centre to Cyber City, and will also include a spur from Basai.

GMRL has already started floating tenders for the construction of the first phase of Gurugram Metro from Millennium City Centre to Sector 9. The budget for the first phase of metro construction is about ₹1,286 crore. Reports suggest that GMRL is seeking clearance of 5,800 sqm of land to build 10 new stations as part of the corridor’s phase 1. They have already approached Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to get a no-objection certificate and begin construction of the stations.

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Work On Phase 1 To Begin Soon

GMRL has submitted all the necessary paperwork and drawings for the following 10 stations to HSVP –

1. Millennium City Centre
2. Sector 45
3. Subhash Chowk
4. Sector 33
5. Udyog Vihar Phase 6
6. Sector 10
7. Sector 37
8. Basai Village
9. Sector 9
10. Sector 101

All these stations, reportedly, will be constructed as part of the new Gurguram metro line. Also, GMRL plans to plant 16,600 trees as compensatory afforestation as the metro project requires the felling of 1,660 trees. They will collaborate with Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) to plant these trees on 17 hectares of land.

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