The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) started the three-day inspection of the Majlis Park-Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus section of the Pink Line on Monday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said. The inspections will last till Wednesday.
Shailesh Kumar Pathak, Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety, appointed from the Indian Railways’ Northern Circle, will inspect every safety aspect of the stretch before approving the clearance.
In mid-February, the Metro had announced that testing on the over 20 km-long Majlis Park-Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus section of the Delhi Metro was “successfully completed”.
“The 58.59-km-long Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar Corridor [Line-7] of the Metro network is part of the Phase-III project, and trial runs on its other stretches have also been conducted, starting last year,” the DMRC said.
Open to public
The inspection and the clearance thereafter, will be the final stage before the stretch is given the final nod for inauguration.
The 20.6-km section of the corridor is likely to open for public immediately after the clearance, which could be around April this year.
Before sending the request of inspection to Mr. Pathak, the DMRC has already obtained fire safety clearance, licence for working lifts, among others.
Since the application involves voluminous data of civil, electrical, signalling and track, the DMRC will also supply any additional information further sought by the office of the CMRS for the inspection.
The Majlis Park-Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus section has 12 stations, including, four interchange stations — Azadpur connecting the Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli-HUDA City Centre), Netaji Subhash Place connecting the Red Line (Rithala-Dilshad Garden) and Rajouri Garden connecting the Blue Line (Dwarka Sector 21-Noida City Centre/Vaishali).
The line will also be connected to the Airport, which can be done at Dhaula Kuan.
“The Metro train on this stretch will cross Dhaula Kuan at a height of 23.6 m [as high as a seven-storey building] to reach the South Campus from Majlis Park,” the DMRC said.
Signalling technology
On February 7, trial runs had begun on the over 10-km-long elevated stretch (IP Extension-Maujpur) of the Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar Corridor, on which the new signalling technology, Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC), will be “rigorously tested”.
