January 17, 2024: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on January 15, 2024, submitted a revised detailed project report (DPR) for the metro link connecting Noida’s Sector 62 (Electronic City) to Sahibabad in Ghaziabad. Media reports indicate that the cost in the updated DPR has seen an increase of approximately Rs 356 crore.
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) had requested DMRC to revise the initial DPR due to funding challenges at the state level. The first DPR had projected the project cost at Rs 1,517 crore, whereas the revised estimate in the new DPR stands at Rs 1,873.31 crore. The proposed metro route is designed to connect Noida with Sahibabad, featuring a multimodal interchange hub at the Sahibabad station of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).
The revised DPR has been submitted to the GDA and will proceed to the board and subsequently to the state government for consideration. The revised report suggests a funding pattern with 20% from the Centre and the remaining 80% from the Uttar Pradesh government. The state government will determine the further funding distribution and the contribution from various involved agencies.
As outlined in the updated DPR, the construction of the proposed Metro link necessitates 7,690.10 square meter of private land and 19,001.2 square meter of government land. The DMRC has proposed five stations for the 5.017 km link, strategically placed at Vaibhav Khand, near DPS Indirapuram, Shakti Khand, Vasundhara Sector 7, and Sahibabad.
In January 2020, the DMRC had submitted two project DPRs to the GDA- one for Rs 1,517 crore for the Sector 62 to Sahibabad route, and the other for Rs 1,808.22 crore for the Vaishali to Mohan Nagar route. After extensive deliberations, the authority decided in 2023 to proceed with the Noida Sector 62 to Sahibabad route. Presently, Ghaziabad hosts Delhi metro’s Blue Line stations at Kaushambi and Vaishali, along with eight additional stations on the metro’s Red Line network.
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