Airport Line: Home Ministry to call meeting

New Delhi, February 02: The fate of Delhi Metro’s most sensitive link between Connaught Place and the airport may be decided this week when the Home Ministry is likely to convene a meeting of officials from CISF and the concessionaire to break the stalemate over the security issue.

The meeting is likely to be held tomorrow or Friday at the instance of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), whose representatives may also be invited for the meeting, sources said.

The meeting comes 23 days after the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) gave his nod for the high-speed link that promises to cover the 23-km distance in flat 18 minutes.

Home Ministry’s decision to convey a meeting of officials from CISF and Reliance Infrastructure-led consortium comes a week after the DMRC wrote to it seeking its intervention on the issue.

–Agencies