Metro link to G Noida under way.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Noida and Greater Noida Authorities signed an agreement for the construction of two Metro links -Noida City Centre to Sector 62 and Noida City Centre to Greater Noida - on Saturday. The two links are expected to be completed in 2017 at a cost of Rs. 7,413 crore.

The 6.675-km link between City Centre Metro station in Sector 32 and sector 62 is estimated to cost Rs. 1,880 crore while the 29.707-km line connecting City Centre Metro station with Greater Noida will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,533 crore.

On Saturday, the agreement was signed between SD Sharma, the director of business development, DRMC, and Rama Raman, chairperson and CEO of Noida and Greater Noida Authority. After the agreement was signed, two cheques - amounting to Rs. 15 crore and Rs. 14.5 crore — were handed out to the DMRC. Also present at the signing was Mangu Singh, Managing Director of DMRC.



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