Delhi Metro stops construction activity at Inderlok station

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has stopped construction activity at the Inderlok station in the Civil Lines zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

The action comes in the wake of a notice served on DMRC by the civic body charging it with indulging in construction work for commercial use without getting the building plan sanctioned.

Last month the MCD had sent a notice to DMRC asking it to stop commercial development of the land at the Inderlok station. It sent another notice later warning that it would seal the premises if work was not stopped immediately.

“We have now stopped construction work at the station and informed the MCD about it. The work being carried out is part of the integrated Metro station project at Inderlok,” informed a senior DMRC official, adding that Lieutenant-Governor B.L. Joshi has also been requested to intervene to sort out matters.

During its survey at the site a month ago, the MCD had found that the contractor carrying out the work did not have a sanctioned plan for the project. Apart from serving notices on him, power and water distribution companies were asked to take appropriate action against the builder.

A tussle is going on between the MCD and DMRC with the former accusing the latter of indulging in commercial development of land allotted to it by the civic body for constructing the Metro Rail infrastructure, a charge that has been repeatedly refuted by DMRC.

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