Kalkaji Mandir-Botanical Garden section ready for commissioning

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, October 12

The trials on the 12.64-km-long Kalkaji Mandir – Botanical Garden section of Phase 3 has been successfully completed and most of the mandatory clearances required the Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) to give the go-ahead. They include fire safety clearance, licence for working lifts, preliminary Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) reports for signalling.

The papers for scrutiny by the CMRS are being examined in depth.

In addition, since the application involves voluminous data of civil, electrical, signalling and track, DMRC may also have to supply any additional information sought by the office of CMRS.

After this entire process, it is expected that a suitable date for inspection of the section will be indicated.

This section will also be Delhi Metro’s first ever corridor to be operated using the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling technology which will facilitate movement of trains with a frequency of 90 to 100 seconds.

With the opening of this section, the people of Noida will get additional connectivity to south Delhi. Currently, for travelling to south Delhi areas, they have to change trains at Mandi House (from Blue Line to Violet Line). However, with this new section, they will be able to travel directly to Kalkaji Mandir and save on valuable travelling time. Botanical Garden has been developed as NCR’s first ever interchange station.