New Delhi, Jun 25 The metro rail link from Qutub
Minar to Gurgaon is expected to be operational before the
Commonwealth Games next year with the government today
approving transfer of a stretch of defence land to the Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its nod to transfer 2929 square
metres of air force land at Arjangarh to the DMRC for the
purpose.
"By virtue of the transfer of land, the nation will
have a metro rail system network from Qutub Minar to Gurgaon
before the Commonwealth Games," Information and Broadcasting
Minister Ambika Soni told reporters here.
The transfer of land would take place at an
inter-departmental rate of Rs 22 lakh per acre and the DMRC
would recreate the IAF assets at an alternate site, she said. - (Agencies)
Jun 25, 2009
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