AAP Government May Finally Clear Delhi Metro Phase-IV Plan In 10 Days

Delhi metro’s phase IV, which has been long pending clearance with the Delhi government, may be approved by the state in the next 10 days, Times of India has reported.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on the sidelines of his door-to-door campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, said phase IV of the Delhi metro will be approved by his administration.

According to the report, Kejriwal said that approval will be given to “all” proposed corridors of the phase IV, but it was not clear whether all six proposed corridors will be given the go-ahead or just the three corridors which were found viable by the government.

Earlier, the state government had deemed three corridors - Tughlaqabad-Aerocity (20.20 km), Rithala-Narela (21.73 km), Inderlok-Indraprastha (12.58 km) - proposed under the phase IV financially unviable.

The government found - Janakputi West-RK Ashram (28.92 km), Lajpat Nagar- Saket G-Block (7.96 km), Mukundpur-Maujpur (12.54 km) - viable financially.

Delhi government had, in January 2017, given in-principle approval for phase IV of the Delhi metro project, but the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is still awaiting final approval and financial commitment by the state government for the project.

Phase IV will cost Rs 55,208 crore and both the Delhi government and the Union government have an equal stake in the DMRC. The Central government can only approve the project after it is approved of by the Delhi government.