KOLKATA: For the new fiscal, there’s a major change in Phase-1 launching schemes of New Garia-Airport Metro and Joka-Esplanade corridors. The original commissioning target for a short 5-km Kavi Subhas-Ruby run in 2022 now makes way for an extended 14.2-km operations till Sector V in 2024. The truncated 8-km launch of the Joka-Esplanade corridor till Taratala has also been revised for a 1-km extension till Majerhat.
For the last two years, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), the agency tasked to implement the city’s Metro projects, has been trying to complete the five stations, including a depot and stabling yard, along the Ruby crossing-Kavi Subhas section of the 32-km New Garia-Airport Metro. A similar timeline was in place for the 8.5km Joka-Taratala stretch of the 16.2km Joka-Esplanade Metro. Tracks were laid and stations are getting finishing touches as both sections have been rapidly inching closer towards completion.
