Delhi Metro Phase IV Would Need 678KT of Rebars for Civil Work

Civil work being done under the Delhi Metro’s Phase IV is expected to consume 0.678 million tonnes of reinforcement steel. DMRC General Manager (Technical) Navneet Kumar Kothari said “Delhi Metro’s Ph-IV work is underway and only three corridors have been approved so far spanning over 60 km, and work on which is underway. Steel is a major component in the civil work and, for Ph-IV work, 678,000 tonnes of reinforcement steel is projected to be required.”

The Union Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had in March last year approved three out of the six corridors of the proposed Phase IV, which will further improve connectivity in Delhi. The approved corridors are Mukundpur-Maujpur, R K Ashram-Janakpuri West, and Aero City-Tughlaqabad corridors. The other three proposed corridors of Phase IV, which have not yet been approved by the Union cabinet, are Rithala-Bawana-Narela, Inderlok-Indraprastha, and Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block.he outer diameter is small.