Gurugram, Sept. 19 -- The Union minister for state for planning and Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Thursday directed officials from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC) to explore the possibility of a metro project along the Dwarka Expressway connecting Kherki Daula with the Airport Metro Line, which at present terminates at Yasho Bhoomi metro station, said officials. The directions were issued during a review meeting of Gurugram Metro, RRTS project, and other infrastructure projects in the city on Thursday . Officials from Niti Ayog, Ministry of statistics, HMRTC, National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), DMRC, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), National highways Authority of India (NHAI) and district administration were present during the meeting, said a government spokesperson. "It is important that metro projects are conceived and executed in Gurugram at the earliest. The metro link along the Dwarka expressway is a natural progression of the Airport metro line and it should be extended upto Kherki Daula, where it will meet with the proposed RRTS rail of NCRTC and also converge with the Pachgaon metro project of HMRTC. It is crucial that the metro projects should not be delayed as has happened for the Old Gurugram Metro line," said the minister, adding that directions have been issued to all the departments to remove the bottlenecks for road and metro projects on priority. A spokesperson for the minister said that during the meeting officials from ministry of urban development and DMRC stated that a ridership study on the proposed Dwarka expressway route will be soon conducted. "The officials informed that the work has also begun on preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the proposed metro route from the airport line to Iffco Chowk," he added. The minister also discussed the RRTS project from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to SNB (Shahjahanpur, Neemrana, Behror) via Gurugram under the Namo Bharat Corridor, said officials....