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Alignment tangle affects work on Faridabad Metro
Prabhu Razdan, Hindustan Times
Faridabad, March 29, 2012
Construction on the Badarpur-Faridabad link of the Delhi Metro that began on Wednesday was brought to a halt for a couple of hours, allegedly at the behest of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials. Officials of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Haryana
Urban Development Authority (HUDA), including Metro chief Mangu Singh, participated at a bhoomi puja close to Mathura Road. The work went on without interruption till 6pm.
However, trouble began when employees of a consulting agency hired by the NHAI and that of Mathura-based M/s Shoba Ram Sharma Contractors arrived at the spot and said work should be halted. They said they were acting on the orders of the NHAI project director, Mathura.
They distributed among mediapersons a letter written by KK Gupta, team leader of a Nagpur-based private consultancy agency. “It has been noticed that the DMRC has started construction of Metro rail on Eastern side of NH2 from Delhi-Haryana border to YMCA Chowk,” the letter said.
“The project director... has intimated that although in principle it has been agreed that construction of metro will be within ROW of NH2, but exact alignment has yet to be decided keeping in view the proposed expansion of the road and allied works like construction of service road and drain,” it added.
“As such, he has given the instruction that no work of the DMRC is to be allowed till the time proper sanction and demarcation of the DMRC route is given by them,” it said.
The letter has been addressed to M/s Shoba Ram Sharma Contractors, Mathura.
DMRC denied having received any notice. “First, we have not received any notice. If we receive it, we will consult the Haryana government and reply accordingly,” DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal said. “There is no confusion on alignment of this project as the meeting that cleared it was chaired by the NHAI chairman himself’.
Work reportedly resumed around 8pm after the DMRC assured of sorting out the matter at the earliest
Efforts on to resolve Metro-NHAI tangle
As work on the 13.8-kilometre Badarpur-Faridabad metro line remained suspended since Wednesday night, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the nodal agency implementing the project in the NCR town, has informed Haryana government about the sudden development. Officials said the Haryana government was taking up with the matter with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). “I talked to the HUDA administrator, who is the nodal officer for this project, she informed the state government and I am told the government is taking up the matter with NHAI,” said Rakesh Gupta, deputy commissioner, Faridabad.
In a letter, the highway body has reminded DMRC of a meeting held on February 27, 2012, in the HUDA office, Faridabad. “It was decided in the meeting that DMRC would not carry out any work in the right of way (ROW) of NHAI till the alignment is finalised. However, it is sorry to point out that DMRC has started work in the ROW of NHAI without getting any prior approval,” project director CMU Mathura wrote in the letter to AK Gupta, chief project manager, DMRC.
“You are requested to immediately stop the work in the ROW of NHAI till permission is granted,” the letter said. DMRC confirmed receiving the letter.
Sources said some DMRC officials visited the spot to take stock of the situation.
“We have received a notice from NHAI and replied,” said Kumar Keshav, director (projects), DMRC. “We told them work began after proper approval,” he said, adding, “I believe work may have been stopped due to some other reasons, not NHAI.”
Faridabad administration assures metro of all help
The Faridabad district administration has assured the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation of all help with regard to the Badarpur-Faridabad Metro project. The assurance came during a meeting on Friday of a DMRC official and the deputy commissioner of Faridabad. “I assured the DMRC official of all help from district administration and the police. The state government is taking up the matter with the National Highways Authority of India,” the deputy commissioner, Rakesh Gupta, said.
“I called on the Faridabad deputy commissioner on Friday,” Manoj Vajpayee, in charge of Badarpur-Faridabad Metro project, confirmed. He said work resumed on Friday morning and would continue at night. But sources in a consulting agency hired by the NHAI claimed that no work would be allowed at the site till its approval.
“When new projects are started, the initial going is not very smooth and some with vested interests create problems,” Vajpayee said, adding, “I urged the deputy commissioner to ask the police to ensure no law and order problems arise at the construction site.”
On the NHAI’s intervention, Vajpayee said, “We have cleared the doubts they raised in their letter.”
Construction of the 13.8km Badarpur-Faridabad Metro line had been suspended on Wednesday evening over the NHAI’s objections.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approached the police to get the work stopped on the Badarpur-Faridabad Metro line, alleging that the construction work being carried out by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was going on in an “unauthorised manner”.
In its complaint to the Commissioner of Police, Faridabad, lodged on April 4, NHAI’s project director Mathura said, “The DMRC construction is encroaching the right of way (ROW) of NH2. Despite repeated reminders to the DMRC officials, the Metro is yet to cease work.
The NHAI had denied permission for the work but the DMRC officials would not listen.”
The NHAI official also urged registration of FIR against officials of Metro and the executing agency — L&T Construction Co. “We have come to know that the NHAI has approached the police to stop work, but our work continues,” said Himanshu, a spokesperson for DMRC.
डीएमआरसी के पक्ष में आएआरडब्ल्यूए संगठन
Updated on: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:46 AM (IST)
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कन्फेडरेशन आफ रेजिडेंट वेलफेयर एसोसिएशन के पदाधिकारी दोपहर हुडा प्रशासक से मिलने उनके कार्यालय पहुंचे। उन्हें वहां न पाकर संपदा अधिकारी बीएस कालीरमण से मुलाकात की और डीएमआरसी को समर्थन व सहयोग देने से संबंधित एक पत्र उन्हें सौंपा।
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