Saturday, 9 August 2026
Metro milestone
Gurgaon's new metro line is finally rising out of the ground — first pier cap installed
After months of piling work, the first pier cap of the Millennium City Centre–Cyber City corridor went up this week. GMRL puts overall project progress at 3.3% as of late July — early days for the 28.5 km loop that is designed to give the city seamless interchanges and connect Old Gurgaon and the Dwarka Expressway side to the metro map for the first time.
Sources: TOI, 7 Aug 2026 (first pier cap) · Hindustan Times, 22 Jul 2026 (3.3% progress per GMRL) · Indian Express, 31 Jul 2026 (loop design explainer)
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