The first tranche of central government funding for the third phase of the Delhi Metro commuter rail project is likely to come in the coming 2011-12 Budget.
Metro likely to keep lakhs of cars off city's roads
A total of 20 such train sets of Hyundai Rotem will be manufactured in South Korea's Changwan.
Sharp jump in soft loans to help DMRC finance surge in construction cost.
The end of the train which hit the wall suffered damage and a portion of the wall collapsed, suggesting that the collision was quite intense.
The jump can be attributed to increased assistance through soft loan.
About 45 per cent work has been completed on the 33.494 km long Janakpuri-Kalindi Kunj Metro corridor by September
Unwilling to wait till Delhi Metro's Phase-III is completed, the Centre wants construction work on "some sections" of the Phase-IV project to start immediately once the detailed project report is completed.
These trains would be able to accommodate as many as 240 commuters.
Sreedharan said when the first section of the Delhi Metro was to be opened in 2002, he had taken a firm decision that no one would be given travel concession.
Load of particulates and nitrous oxides from cars reduced by about 40%.
Urban mass transit authority to be set up; it will act as nodal agency for planning and coordination of project related works.
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