The monorail corridor from Shastri Park Metro Station to Trilokpuri will have 12 stations and the Detailed Project Report has been reviewed and approved by the Delhi Metro which would implement the project.
Various issues relating to the project was discussed today at a meeting chaired by Dikshit which was attended by DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh.
Singh gave a detailed presentation on the monorail project to Dikshit.
Officials said Dikshit instructed the Transport Department to bring the proposal before her cabinet at the earliest.
They said work on the project would start in the next couple of months and the corridor would be commissioned in 2017 at a cost of Rs 2,235 crore.
Delhi government decided to opt for monorail in order to take public transport to door steps of people in congested colonies where mass rapid transport like Metro cannot be constructed. (more)
