PM Modi chairs NDA Chief Ministers’ meet
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda were also present in the meeting.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone of Gurugram Metro Rail project in Rewari, Haryana.
The project will be developed at a cost of about Rs 5450 crore.
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The project, with a total length of 28.5 kms, will connect Millennium City Centre to Udyog Vihar Phase-5 and merge into the existing metro network of Rapid Metro Rail Gurugram at Moulsari Avenue station near Cyber City.
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It will also have a spur at Dwarka Expressway. The project is an important step towards realizing the Prime Minister’s vision to provide citizens with world-class environment-friendly mass rapid urban transport systems.
The Prime Minister inaugurated, dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 9750 crore in Rewari, Haryana. The projects cater to several important sectors concerning urban transport, health, rail and tourism. Modi also took a walkthrough of the exhibitions showcased on the occasion.
The Union Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister on June 7 last year, had approved metro connectivity from HUDA City Centre (which has been renamed as Millennium City Centre) to Cyber City in Gurugram with a spur to Dwarka Expressway covering a distance of 28.50 km having 27 stations on the route.
This will be a standard gauge line of 1435 mm (5 ft 8.5 inches). The entire project will be elevated. The spur from Basai village has been provided for connectivity to the depot.
The project is proposed to be completed in four years from the date of sanction of the project and is to be implemented by Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Limited (HMRTC) which will be set up as a 50:50 Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the Government of India and Government of Haryana after sanction order is issued.
The main feature of this line is to connect New Gurugram with Old Gurugram.
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