Question : CHANGE IN METRO ROUTES

(a) whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Union Government to change the declared routes of Metro Rail in NCR of Delhi;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Union Government has accorded approval for the construction of the changed routes;

(d) if so, the details of the changed routes;

(e) whether the documents regarding the proposed change in the routes for Metro Scheme have been submitted to the Union Government by the NCR States; and

(f) if so, the details of changed NCR routes and the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE ( SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY )

(a): The routes so far approved for the Delhi Metro are:-

(i) Shahdara - Rithala

(ii) Vishwa Vidyalaya - Central Secretariat

(iii) Indraprastha - Dwarka with extension to Dwarka sub-city.
No change is contemplated in any of them.

(b)to(f): Do not arise.