Digging to start at Mandi House

NEW DELHI: Work on the extension of the Central Secretariat Metro line to Kashmere Gate seems to be getting back on track. On Thursday, the Delhi Metro lowered the tunnel boring machine at the Mandi House construction site, a fillip for the corridor which has seen work slowed down due to the controversy over the Akbarabadi mosque.

"This tunnel boring machine will be assembled beneath the ground before beginning the tunneling towards the upcoming ITO station on the 9.37km long Central Secretariat - Kashmere Gate corridor. The length will be 700m," said the DMRC spokesperson.

The tunnel will open in front of the proposed ITO station, said officials. Work on the heritage line, as the extension is popularly called, has been delayed. Construction of some of stations like Delhi Gate, Jama Masjid and Kashmere Gate is yet to start. The Akbarabadi mosque controversy prevented DMRC from carrying out preliminary work at the site, said officials. Sources said DMRC was hoping the land would be returned to it for construction once the controversy had been settled. "It's a long process, and internally, timelines have already been altered," added the source.

Meanwhile, construction in the Kashmere Gate station is also pending the approval from NMA. Sources said that the expansion of the existing metro station here would be taken up once the entire heritage line gets approval.

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