GREATER NOIDA, Feb. 18 -- The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Tuesday said that they will soon start work to extend the Aqua line instead of the Magenta 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, said officials. "The government of India approved Botanical Garden Metro expansion project paving way for the construction to begin at the site but today we have decided that we will expand the metro project from Sector 51 to Greater Noida West because people living in those areas need the metro connectivity on priority and the work on 11.56km project will begin later," said Krishna Karunesh chief executive officer of the Noida authority and managing director of NMRC. The announcement came two days after the Union ministry approved the Botanical Garden line expansion at the budget of Rs.2,254 crore. To be sure, the Noida and the Greater Noida authorities on December 12, 2019 had decided that both of them will fund for the project. According to the detailed project report (DPR) submitted in December 2016, the first phase of 9.1-km will have five Metro stations: Sector 122, Sector 123, Greater Noida Sector 4, Ecotech and Greater Noida Sector 2. In the second phase of 5.8-km, four stations: Greater Noida Sector 3, Greater Noida Sector 10, Greater Noida Sector 12 and Knowledge Park V will be built. The DPR of the 14.9-km Aqua Line extension corridor was approved by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2019 itself, said NMRC officials, adding that the work got delayed because of approvals from the government of India. "We have resolved all issues and the metro project will be built on priority. The approvals from the central government will come soon and we will begin work at the site," said Krunesh....