NEW DELHI: Realising the importance of energy conservation and environment protection, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has equipped all the platforms of its Line III from Dwarka to Barakhamba with sensor-fitted lighting that reduces and increases the luminosity of the various bulbs as per the need of the hour.

"All the platforms on this section have been have lights with dimming features. Operated with the help of sensors they consume less electricity. And so as the intensity of the sun decreases, the intensity of lux increases and this leads to considerable reduction in power consumption,'' the Chief Project Manager of Line III, Vijay Anand, said.

Noting that Line III has no foreign consultant and is still on target to set the world record of being the longest line at 23 km to be completed at one go in just three years time from the date of sanction, Mr Anand said the construction, monitoring and planning of the line -- which is due to open in December -- have all been done by DMRC on its own. Stating that the line has been constructed keeping in mind several environmental protection procedures, Mr Anand said the entire section also has rain-water conservation mechanism whereby all the rain falling on the Metro areas would be channelised to underground reservoirs through a network of pipes and sumps so that the underground water may get recharged.

Also, on this section special care has been taken to reduce noise pollution. Passing through some of the most congested parts of Delhi, the Dwarka-Barakhamba line is expected to increase the ridership level of the Delhi Metro from nearly 2.7 lakh per day at present to over 5 lakh initially. And to meet the needs of the travelling public, the DMRC would be for the first time be opening toilets on 22 stations on this line. Though no Metro in the world offers this facility as people do not spent more than five minutes on the station in general, still in its endeavour to provide higher levels of comfort to the travelling public, the Corporation has added this feature.

But while work on the Dwarka-Barakhamba section is over 80 per cent complete, the progress of the 2.81 km Barakhamba-Indraprastha extension has got slowed down due to delays in receipt of approvals from the Railways for construction of Metro lines over railway tracks near ITO and from the Ministry of Power for taking the line through the land owned by IGPL across the Ring Road.

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