Gurugram, Sept. 6 -- The foundation stone of the Gurugram Metro project was laid on Friday by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and Union housing and urban development minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday near the terminating pillars of the Delhi Metro. The Bhoomi poojan (ground breaking ceremony) of the first phase of the project was held in Sector 44 parking lot of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) by both the leaders in presence of senior officials along with the general public. The 28.5km-long metro corridor from Millennium City Center to Cyber City up to Dwarka Expressway, costing about Rs.5,500 crore will include 27 stations connecting new and old Gurugram. Later addressing a gathering in Sector 51, Khattar said that metro service in the city will improve connectivity across NCR and reduce congestion and pollution. Khattar also said that the Union urban ministry will be providing 10,000 buses across the country at concessional rates, and out of that Gurugram will get 100 buses. He also announced that an application based transport service will be launched in Delhi and NCR which will provide last mile connectivity to metro users. Saini while addressing the gathering said the government was also working on other projects to extend the metro network from Rezangla Chowk to Dwarka Sector 21, Sector 56 to Pachgaon, as well as RRTS Metro corridors between Delhi-Karnal, Delhi-Neemrana, and Gurugram-Noida via Faridabad. D Thara, chairperson, Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) and additional secretary, ministry of housing and urban development ministry said, "We are working hard to ensure that state of art metro network is laid in the city, and it is aligned with local environment and economy....