New Delhi: Delhi Metro Managing Director
E Sreedharan on Saturday inspected the country's first standard
gauge Metro line on the 15.10 km-long Inderlok-Mundka section
to be thrown open to public later this month.
He reviewed the facilities at the new Inderlok Metro
station and its integration plan with the existing Inderlok
Metro station of Line-1 and other Metro stations on the
section.
He also oversaw the functioning of Station Control
Rooms, entrances of the stations and other technical rooms
essential for the smooth functioning of the stations.
Sreedharan visited the Mundka Depot where all trains
running on the line will be kept for maintenance.
He expressed satisfaction with the overall progress of
the section, a release said.
During the inspection, Sreedharan was accompanied by
Director (Project) Kumar Keshav, Director (Operation) Raj
Kumar, Director (Rolling Stock) H S Anand, Chief Project
Manager Ajay Goel and other senior officials of DMRC.
All efforts are being made to open this line in this
month itself after getting all the necessary statutory safety
clearances, it said.
Inderlok-Mundka Line will be the fifth Line of Delhi
Metro to be made operational. It is also the first standard
gauge line of the Delhi Metro and will be known as Green Line.
Standard gauge lines have a width of 4 feet x 8.5
inches between the tracks while broad gauge lines have a width
of 5 feet x 6 inches between the tracks.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 19:29