Title - In Ph III, narrow space challenges Metro With Stations In East Delhi Passing Through Congested Stret

Located at a height of 20m, the Mayur Vihar station of the Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar line will be only the second green station of the Delhi Metro network. Yet, it’s neither the height nor the green certification that makes the station unique. According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), construction of the station is the biggest challenge due to space crunch.
    “The station will come up on the approach road next to the existing Mayur Vihar Extension station on the Dwarka-Noida line. There is space crunch—so much so that even the ancillary buildings will be away from the station, in a neighbouring MCD park. There is only space to build a station on Khudiram Bose Road,” said a Delhi Metro official.
    To build the station, DMRC will use the cantilever technology, generally used for elevated viaducts or corridors. The station will stand on three columns ranged along the middle, with two arms of the columns holding up the rectangular-shaped station. These three columns will be built along the central verge of the road, and connected to the existing station through a foot overbridge. The station, which will be a LEED-certified building, will cross the Blue corridor (Dwarka-Noida) from the top after spanning the Yamuna.
    The Mayur Vihar station of Line 7 (Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar corridor) is not the only station to be coming up on a narrow strip of road. Further down in the same alignment, the station at Vinod Nagar will be equally challenging for Metro engineers. Surrounded by a petrol pump, BSES office, a fire station as well as several apartment blocks, the Vinod Nagar station is just 35ft from two residential complexes— Ras Vihar and Technology Apartments—located right opposite it.
    “The station will be much narrower than any other station in the Delhi Metro network. The station has been designed so that Narwana Road doesn’t get narrower after the construction, as well as to protect the privacy of the apartments,” said the Delhi Metro official. At only 29m wide and 140m long, the Vinod Nagar station will be 12m high—approximately the height of a four-storey building.
    The stretch from Mayur Vihar to Karkardooma—being treated as one “package” by DMRC—has many twists and turns. The alignment, which goes from Mayur Vihar to Trilokpuri and then to East Vinod Nagar, will then cross NH-24 and take a sharp turn from Vinod Nagar towards Jogger’s Park, located next to a block of apartments starting with Panch Mahal Apartments.
    According to DMRC, the turn had to be taken to not demolish the existing apartments. “But since we cannot take a turn less than 200m, we had to go through Jogger’s Park to reach IP Extension station, which will be located near National Victor School,” added the official.
    The alignment then passes by Patparganj I n d u s t r i a l A re a a n d crosses over to pass in front of the EDM mall on Chaudhary Charan Singh Marg before reaching Anand Vihar station to connect with the existing station.
    “We had to ensure that the alignment doesn’t go into Uttar Pradesh as it would have entailed getting a separate set of per missions from another government,” said the DMRC official.