Lok Sabha member from Gurugram, Rao Inderjit Singh said that the urban development ministry will approve it next month, once the Haryana government makes minor changes to the format of the approved detailed project report (DPR).

The construction of the project will be undertaken by the Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Limited. The development follows a high-level meeting held in Delhi on Tuesday, in which the urban development minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Singh were present. “The Metro project was discussed in detail and it was decided that the necessary changes to the format of DPR, as per the ministry’s norms, would be made in a joint meeting of officials of state and central officials. This will be done by the end of July,” said Singh, adding that work on the ground is expected to start in the next four to five months.

As per the DPR submitted by the Haryana government, the proposed Metro extension will run from Huda City Centre to Cyber City in a 31-kilometre loop, via Subash Chowk, Krishna Chowk and Sector 22. The route will have 26 stops, including an interchange station. The Metro extension has remained stuck for almost five years as the Haryana government could not finalise the route and the DPR till 2019. The government commissioned multiple surveys to find a viable route and it was only in 2019 that it was finalised.

News Source : Construction World