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The Delhi Metro in Phase III is going to construct extra long foot over bridges (FOB) and ramps in six of its seven interchange stations on the Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar corridor. The length of the FOBs and ramps will range from approximately 70 metres to 200 metres. “Due to constraints such as the inadequate availability of land near the existing stations and the direction of the alignment, it was very difficult to connect the new stations with the already operational ones. Hence, the project is in order to provide seamless connectivity through the paid area for the convenience of the commuters,” a metro official said. The interchange stations on this 56-km long corridor, which will be the longest in the Delhi Metro network, will be Azadpur, Netaji Subhas Place, Rajouri Garden, Mayur Vihar 1, Karkarduma,  Anand Vihar and Welcome.  At Anand Vihar, the new station will be adjacent to the operational one and in the remaining stations, FOBs and ramps will be constructed. However, keeping in mind the convenience of the commuters, the DMRC engineers have designed these FOBs and ramps which will connect the new and the old stations. Lifts and escalators will also be provided in these FOBs and ramps wherever required and the connectivity will be from concourse to concourse. *** Gang of thieves busted, stolen steel rods found Greater Noida, March 17: With the arrest of 12 persons, the police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang involved in the theft of steel rods and construction materials here. In a joint operation, the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police along with Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar police nabbed the thieves and recovered 200 tonnes of steel rods from their possession, additional superintendent of police, STF, Anant Dev said. Besides this, the officials also seized five trucks, four motorcycles, 18 mobile phones, one pistol and `3.38 lakh in cash from them, Dev said. A case has been registered in this regard. — PTI