Here is some good news for residents of Old Gurugram.
Soon, the HUDA City Centre metro station will be connected to the Gurugram railway station by the metro.
The government is considering two alternate routes for the link and a Detailed Project Report may be prepared soon.
In a meeting held in Chandigarh on Wednesday, and attended by senior Haryana Urban Development Authority and the Department of Town and Country Planning officials, it was decided that a proposal would be made to the State government.
‘Politically sensitive’
“A feasibility study was done six months ago to explore the possibility of connecting the HUDA City Centre metro station to Dwarka via the Gurugram railway station and the project was found to be both technically and financially viable,” said a source in the Haryana government.
“Later, another study was commissioned to explore whether metro connectivity between the HUDA City Centre metro station and the Gurugram railway station alone was feasible. It too was found to be feasible. So, in the first phase, the metro will be extended from HUDA City Centre to the railway station. It may then be connected to Dwarka in the next phase,” said the source.
He said that two different routes were being considered to connect the Old and New Gurugram, but refused to divulge the details saying that it was a “politically” sensitive issue.
Residents of Old Gurugram have written to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar several times suggesting that HUDA City Centre should be connected to Gurugram Railway Station via Subhash Chowk, Sector (34,35,36), Hero Honda Chowk, Sector 10A, Sector 9A, Sector 4, Sector 5 and Sector 23.
The source said that the Detailed Project Report will be prepared after the route is finalised by the government.
He, however, clarified that there was no proposal to connect Dwarka to IFFCO Chowk via metro.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had prepared Detailed Project Reports for four different routes connecting Gurugram to southwest Delhi two years ago. While two of the proposed routes passed through Kaspashera and Palam Vihar connecting IFFCO Chowk to Dwarka metro station, one of the routes considered was an extension of the Airport Line to IFFCO Chowk.
The DMRC had also proposed a stand alone route to connect southwest Delhi and Gurugram. But all the four DPRs were found to be financially unviable and thus rejected.
