After the Uttar Pradesh government passed the proposal for the Noida-Greater Noida Metro line, the Greater Noida Authority has come up with a new plan to connect the high-tech city with Indira Gandhi International Airport.
If all goes well, then a high-speed Metro link will connect Greater Noida with other National Capital Region cities.
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Trust (DMIC) will reportedly fund the project. It has also been given the responsibility to prepare a detailed project report which will be submitted to the ministry of urban development for a go ahead.
The high-speed Connectivity Metro will run at a speed of 160 km per hour and cover the 66 km distance in just 40 minutes. The normal speed of a metro train is 90 km per hour. There will be five stations on this track — Bodaki, Pari Chowk, Faridabad, Gurgaon and airport.
DMIC will join hands with FNG (Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad) to lay the tracks for the metro line. A bridge would be constructed on the Yamuna River near Kondli village, five km from Pari Chowk. The train would be then connected to Badarpur Metro station, Delhi and Gurgaon.
Chief executive officer of Noida, Greater Noida Authority, Rama Raman, said, ‘For the high-speed metro line, we have spoken with the DMIC trust and have given it the task of preparing DPR. Once the DPR is complete, we will try to propose it to pass.’
If this project gets a green signal from the government, it will prove to be a boon for the residents of Greater Noida. Hundreds of people from the city travel to NCR, especially Gurgaon, Delhi and Faridabad daily for various reasons. The high-speed metro will not only save their time but will also make the travel easier and comfortable.
DMIC is constructing the 1,483 km long corridor to connect Bodaki railway station with Jawaharlal Nehru port in Mumbai. This line would also benefit the investors as it will make the connectivity easy and fast.