India, Feb. 5 -- The Gurugram Metro Rail Limited has sought around one acre of land for phase one of the Gurugram Metro project to construct railway pillars and other infrastructure between Millennium City Centre and Sector 9 metro station, officials said.

A meeting on the proposal was held on Tuesday by the newly formed land purchase committee headed by the deputy commissioner, Gurugram. The committee discussed acquiring the land under the new purchase policy recently notified by the state government.

Officials said, the timeline has not been fixed but they will acquire the land in next three months under the new purchase policy by directly negotiating with owners.

A senior GMRL official, requesting anonymity, said the metro corporati...