Badarpur-Faridabad Metro safety audit from today

A safety audit spread over three days will be undertaken by the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) of the Badarpur-Faridabad stretch of the Delhi Metro from today.

"The CMRS would carry out the inspection from August 10-12. This would take the opening of the line to the next step. While partial energy requirements of the corridor would be met by solar power, different teams of the DMRC are working in full swing on areas like electric wires, communication system, and track safety," the DMRC said.

The 14-km section is an extension of the ITO- Badarpur line (Line 6) of the network with which the Delhi Metro will make its first entry into Faridabad.

Once fully operational, it will span from Kashmere Gate to Escorts Mujesar, a length of 43.4 kilometers.

It will have a total of 32 stations, including five inter-change stations - Kashmere Gate, Mandi House, Central Secretariat, Lajpat Nagar and Kalkaji Mandir. The depot for the section, Arjonda Depot, has been constructed near Sector 20 A.

The extension of the Badarpur-Escorts Mujesar metro route up to Ballabgarh in Faridabad District is expected to become operational by the end of 2017.

Apart from the Mujesar terminal station, the upcoming stations are Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewla Maharajpur, Sector 28, Badkhal Mor, Old Faridabad, Neelam Chowk Ajronda, and Bata Chowk.

For solar power generation, nine facilities have been installed at the stations and one at the Arjonda Depot.

They will collectively produce 1,660.4 kilowatt peak.

In total, the DMRC has so far commissioned solar power facilities with a generation capacity of approximately 2,800 kilowatt peak.