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Allocation of work for new Metro line

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Allocation of work for the new high speed 19.5 km Metro line from New Delhi station to Indira Gandhi International Airport finally began on Tuesday with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation signing an agreement with a consortium consisting of Pacific Consultants International (Japan), Parsons Brinckerhoff International, Inc. (USA), Japan Railway Technical Service (Japan), TONICHI Engineering Consultants, Inc. (Japan) and RITES Ltd. (India) for providing General Consultancy for the project.

This Metro line will travel via Moti Bagh and Rajiv Chowk and trains running on it will cover the 19.5 km distance in just 16 minutes, reaching a maximum speed of 135 km per hour in the process.

The line is expected to cost Rs.3,294 crore and DMRC intends to complete it by June 2010 before the Commonwealth Games.

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