Cabinet clears DMRC's Rithala-Kundli corridor

The Union cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved the sixth corridor under Phase 4 of the Delhi Metro—a 26.5-km-long Rithala-Narela-Kundli route extending the Red Line—which will comprise 21 stations. Nineteen of these stations will be in Delhi, while two will be in Haryana.

- Soumya Chatterjee

The announcement, which will bolster the Capital's already expansive Metro grid with a significant outreach towards the city's northwestern border, comes ahead of next year's assembly elections.

In a media briefing after the cabinet meeting, Union information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the project under Delhi Metro Phase 4 will cost approximately ₹6,231 crore.

The corridor is scheduled to be completed in four years from the date of its sanction.

"For the middle class, Metro is the most important mode of transportation as it is clean and affordable," Vaishnaw said, adding that the decision was in line with the infrastructural push of the Union government.