The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is deliberating to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for connecting Mohan Nagar metro station with Vaishali, and Noida Sector 62 Metro Station with Sahibabad with Metro Lite. Ghaziabad city has two metro routes – part of the Blue Line which runs between Vaishali and Anand Vihar, and a section of the Red Line that connects New Bus Adda with Dilshad Garden. A pillar has also been constructed on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to facilitate the Noida Sector 62 and Sahibabad connection.
Funding issues have posed several hindrances to the project for several years now, compelling the GDA to consider multiple options for modes of transport. The authority has already considered and ruled out ropeway and Metro Neo as alternate modes of transport to link the metro stations. “We will now prepare a DPR for the two routes with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The official communication will be sent to DMRC this week. They will find it easy to prepare the DPR as they have already conducted detailed studies for the two routes,” Rakesh Kumar Gupta, chief engineer, GDA, said.
