New Delhi: The monorail project looks set to move into high gear with the Delhi Metro having started work on the revised detailed project report. The work on 10.8kmlong Phase I of the monorail, which will run from Shastri Park to Trilokpuri, will start by next year, a DMRC official saids. “We have received the original DPR that was undertaken by RITES and have started work on the revised DPR. It will be ready in three months,” said a senior Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DRC) official. The expected ridership of this line in 2017 is 1.37 lakh as per Delhi Metro. DMRC, which will also give the cost estimate for the project with the DPR, is planning to integrate the monorail alignment with the stations on the Delhi Metro network. “The monorail will intersect with the Delhi Metro at three points – the existing stations in Shastri Park and Nirman Vihar and a Phase III station at Trilokpuri,” said the official. Unlike the original singleway scheme, Delhi Metro is planning to make it a two-way system. “It will not be like the Las Vegas model but rather a two-way system. We are looking into the specifics of the system and the area it will go through first,” said the source. With the monorail going through some very congested colonies, Delhi Metro admits that it will be a “very difficult” line. “The areas along the alignment are highly populated. We shall have to look at the available land before deciding on factors like viaduct etc.” said the official. Sources said the Delhi Metro had earlier rejected taking the Metro network to these areas because it was so congested. Last month, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit had announced that the monorail will be extended beyond Trilokpuri to Vishwavidyalaya. Asking officials to ensure early implementation of the project, Dikshit had said that the nonpolluting monorail network would ease traffic congestion in various areas in east Delhi. The existing route from Shastri Park Metro station will pass through Yamuna Pushta Road, Raja Ram Kohli Marg, New Patparganj Road, Sanjay Nagar Lake to terminate parallel and connect Trilokpuri Metro station. The proposed stations on the approved route are Shastri Park, Kailash Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Taj Enclave, Geeta Colony, Guru Angad Nagar, Scope Tower, Ganesh Nagar, Mother Dairy, Patpar Ganj, Kotla and Trilokpuri.