Badarpur-Faridabad Metro to start on 5 Sep.

The Badarpur-Faridabad Metro corridor will be open to the public at 4pm on 5 Sep. The connectivity between Delhi and the industrial satellite city of Faridabad in Haryana will see a huge turn around with a train reaching Escorts Mujesar every six minutes. The line which is an extension of the Violet line - ITO to Badarpur - will connect Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Sector 28, Badkal Mor, Old Faridabad, Neelam Chowk Ajronda, Bata Chowk and Escorts Mujesar.

Once the work on the entire violet line is complete, it will have five interchange stations - Kashmere Gate, Mandi House, Central Secretariat, Lajpat Nagar and Kalkaji Mandir. The depot for this section constructed near sector 20 A in Faridabad will be solar powered along with the nine stations. With a total capacity of 1.9 MW, it will partially fulfill the energy requirements of the corridor.

Currently, eight stations of the corridor are producing 1.7 MW and the other will soon be operational. DMRC has signed a power purchase agreement with Sun Edison for 25 years wherein the capital cost has been invested by the latter and DMRC shall only pay energy charges for the actual energy generated.

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