Kamal Nath, who today took over as the urban development minister with an ambitious plan of giving a boost to urban transportation, intends to expand the Delhi Metro network to make it bigger than its London counterpart by 2017.
“Urban transport is a big challenge today. It needs priority,” said Nath, who moved to the urban development ministry from roads and highways, where he had made an endeavour to fast-track construction of highways.
In this context, he talked about Delhi Metro and said his aim would be to ensure that its network went up to 415 km by 2017, bigger than the London Metro.
Delhi Metro has a 190-km network, including the airport route, while London Metro covers 402 km and is planned to be expanded to 414 km.
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