India, Feb. 18 -- The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Tuesday said that they will start work to extend the Aqua line instead of the Botanical Garden line expansion, said officials.

According to officials, the decision was taken to benefit 5,00,000 people looking for a safe public transport facility.

During a meeting on Tuesday, NMRC approved a revised proposal sent to the central government for approval in this regard, said officials.

"The government of India approved Botanical Garden Metro project paving way for the construction to begin at the site but today we have decided that we will start building metro project from Sector 51 to Greater Noida West because they need the metro connectivity on priority and the work on 11.56km...