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Rs. 3 crore spent on road repair: DMRC

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Sunday said it has spent about Rs.3 crore last month on repair and maintenance of roads near its construction sites here. The Corporation said it had spent this money on repair and maintenance of about 30,000 sq. m. of roads near the construction sites of Metro’s Phase- II corridors which were damaged due to water logging. In East Delhi on the Indraprastha-New Ashok Nagar section, the DMRC spent around Rs.10 lakh on repairing 100 sq. m. of road stretch on NH- 24 and 200 sq. m. near the upcoming Akshardham metro station.

“Repair work on roads was done near the Golf Course and Sector 32 City Centre and also on stretches near the upcoming Sector 15 and Sector 16 stations on the Metro corridor extending into Noida,” said Anuj Dayal, Chief Public Relations Officer of DMRC.

He said roads were being repaired on a regular basis on the Vikas Marg area on the Yamuna Bank-Anand Vihar corridor. Roads near the upcoming Laxmi Nagar, Preet Vihar and Nirman Vihar Metro stations, about 1,200 sq. m. each, have also been repaired. Roads between Karkari More and Preet Vihar have also been filled up. The DMRC has spent nearly Rs.4 lakh on these repairs. “In West Delhi, around 800 sq. m. of roads have already been repaired on the Inderlok-Mundka corridor and by the end of July, 1.8 km of roads were repaired for potholes at a cost of Rs.20 lakh,” said Mr. Dayal. Similarly, in North Delhi, the road stretch on the Vishwavidyalaya-Jahagirpuri corridor would be repaired by the first week of August. Around Rs.30 lakh was spent on this stretch in July.

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