NEW DELHI: While Covid-19 has slowed down the pace of construction of the three priority corridors of Delhi Metro’s Phase-IV expansion, the fate of the unapproved ones — Rithala-Bawana-Narela (22km), Lajpat Nagar-Saket G-Block (7.9km) and Inderlok-Indraprastha (12.6km) — seems uncertain.
Even before construction work of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) much-delayed Phase-IV project could gather pace, the pandemic brought it to a halt. The second wave and the evolving scenario is likely to make it miss its 2025 completion target too.
While work on all three corridors — Janakpuri West-RK Ashram (28.9km), Aerocity-Tughlaqabad (20.2km) and Maujpur-Majlis Park (12.5km) — is going on simultaneously, Maujpur-Majlis Park corridor, an extension of Pink Line is expected to be completed first.
