Delhi Metro phase-II to be ready before Commonwealth Games

The under-construction Delhi Metro phase-II, covering 125 km and connecting the airport from various points, will be ready before the Commonwealth Games next year in the national capital, a top official has said.

The under-construction Delhi Metro phase-II, covering 125 km and connecting the airport from various points, will be ready before the Commonwealth Games next year in the national capital, a top official has said.

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"The phase-II of the Metro project will be definitely ready by September next," Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Managing Director E Sreedharan told PTI on the sidelines of an award function here last night.

"We have already opened a 25-km stretch and another 8 km stretch will be opened next week," he said, adding, "Like this, every month one or the other line will be opened. This includes the high speed metro connections to airport, which will also be ready by September 2010."

Sreedharan said Metro rail is a environment-friendly transport system. "We could prevent up to 280 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission with the Metro phase-I in Delhi. Once the phase-II is completed, that figure would go up to 500 tonnes."

About the total cost of the Metro projects in India, he said so far the money sanctioned for them by the Centre was Rs 85,000 crore. "This amount was mainly for those projects which are under construction in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore."