The ITO-Kashmere Gate 'Heritage Corridor' of Delhi Metro will be launched by the end of January, DMRC chief Mangu Singh has said, ruing the combined effect of construction ban and demonetisation behind the delay.

Singh termed as "setback" the double whammy of ban on construction activities in the wake of alarming pollution levels and the currency ban, saying the two decisions made the task of retaining labourers difficult. ... The 5.17-km-long section, an extension of the Faridabad-ITO corridor (Violet Line), was well on course for a launch this December otherwise, he said.

"If you stop work for 10 days, labourers will not sit idle. Construction came to a halt and nobody knew when it will resume. People waited for one-two days and went away.