Mistaken Modernity: Poorly maintained marketplace and Delhi metro station, Okhla

By : WildFilmsIndia

Published On: 2014-08-13

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Okhla is a Delhi Metro station in Delhi. It is located between Govind Puri and Jasola Apollo stations on the Violet Line. The station was opened with the first section of the Line on October 3, 2010 in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.

The Delhi Metro (DMRC) is a state owned company with equal equity participation from Government of India and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. However, the organisation is under administrative control of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. Delhi Metro is India's first modern public transportation system,which has revolutionized travel by providing a fast, reliable, safe, and comfortable means of transport. The network consists of six lines with a total length of 189.63 kilometres (117.83 mi) with 142 stations of which 35 are underground, five are at-grade, and the remainder are elevated. All stations have escalators, elevators, and tactile tiles to guide the visually impaired from station entrances to trains. It has a combination of elevated, at-grade, and underground lines, and uses both broad gauge and standard gauge rolling stock. Four types of rolling stock are used: Mitsubishi-ROTEM Broad gauge, Bombardier MOVIA, Mitsubishi-ROTEM Standard gauge, and CAF Beasain Standard gauge.Besides construction and operation of Delhi metro,DMRC is also involved in the planning and implementation of metro rail, monorail and high speed rail projects in India and providing consultancy services to other metro projects in the country as well as abroad.

The current routes are Red Line, Yellow Line, Blue Line, Green Line, Violet Line and Airport Express with other projects underway.

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) that includes the Indian capital New Delhi, stands on the Yamuna River in northern India. According to Govt. of India website www.censusindia.gov.in, the total population of Delhi is 12,877,470. Metropoliton region of Delhi has a population of around 16.3 million. It is the second most populous metropolis in India after Mumbai. With a population of 16.3 million in 2011, the city is also the eighth most populous metropolis in the world. The NCT and its urban region have been given the special status of National Capital Region (NCR) under the Constitution of India's 69th amendment act of 1991. The NCR includes the neighbouring districts of Baghpat, Gurgaon, Sonepat, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Jhajjar, Panipat, Rewari, Alwar, Meerut and other nearby districts as defined by the government, and has nearly 22.2 million residents. NCR has a total area of 33,578 square kilometers.

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