Gurgaon: A depot-cum-workshop for the upcoming metro line between Millennium City Centre and Cyber City will be built in Sector 33, an official of Gurgaon Metro Rail Ltd (GMRL) said on Saturday, adding that the process to appoint a contractor for the facility has already started.The depot, estimated to cost around Rs 410 crore, will support train stabling, inspection and maintenance for the elevated metro line. Once construction begins, the project is expected to take around 21 months to complete.Planned over around 18 hectares of land, the project will include civil, architectural, and electrical and mechanical (E&M) works required for operating and maintaining the metro system.Most of the land required for the depot has already been cleared. “A small private parcel of around 0.8 hectare remains, which will be acquired under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act. The process will be carried out by a committee under the deputy commissioner, and compensation will be provided as per govt policy,” the official said.“Our effort is to resolve the land issue within around three months so that by the time the tender process is completed and the contractor is on board, the entire land parcel is available for construction,” he added.An HVPNL substation located in the area also needs to be shifted to facilitate construction of the depot. Officials said the shifting process is being planned alongside the land acquisition exercise.The depot will serve the Millennium City Centre–Cyber City metro corridor, a 28.5 km elevated line, that will connect key residential and commercial areas of the city, including Subhash Chowk, Hero Honda Chowk and Udyog Vihar.The line is expected to ease traffic pressure on some of the city’s busiest roads.In Aug last year, Dilip Buildcon Ltd and Ranjit Buildcon Ltd were tasked with construction of the first phase of the line for Rs 1,277 crore.The work is expected to take 30 months. Under this phase, a 15.3 km long metro corridor will be built between Millennium City Centre and Sector 9, with a spur to Dwarka Expressway in Sector 101. The pile cap work started last month.In this phase, interchanges are planned at Millennium City Centre with the Yellow Line, Subhash Chowk with the proposed Bhondsi metro line, Hero Honda Chowk with RRTS corridors and Sector 10 with the bus terminal-cum-depot. An underpass at Bakhtawar Chowk will also be built.
