India, Feb. 11 -- Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) on Tuesday began casting the first concrete pile for the Gurugram metro rail project in Sector 45, on the road from Millennium City centre towards Subash Chowk, marking the start of on-ground construction for phase one, officials said.

Around 3,000 piles will be cast in the first phase, with about 750 pillars planned between Millennium City Centre and Sector 9 station, a senior GMRL official said. "In the first phase the contractor will be casting around 3000 piles from Millennium City Centre to sector 9 station. There will be around 750 pillars that will be constructed and a large number of these will become visible by end of May between Subash Chowk and Millennium City centre," the o...