PM Modi Inaugurates Two New Delhi Metro Corridors

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated two new Delhi Metro corridors and laid the foundation stone of three more metro lines providing direct connectivity to many important places in the national capital. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 15,200 billion under the central government’s General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) redevelopment scheme.

The total cost of all the projects is around Rs 33,500 crore.

The two New Delhi Metro corridors inaugurated by the Prime Minister were the Majlis Park-Maujpur Babarpur (Pink Line) corridor of approximately 12.3 km and the Deepali Chowk-Majlis Park (Purple Line) corridor of approximately 9.9 km.

Various areas of Delhi will benefit from these corridors, including Burari, Jagatpur-Wazirabad, Khajuri Khas, Bhajanpura, Yamuna Vihar, Madhuban Chowk, Haiderpur Badli Mor, Bhalaswa and Majlis Park.

Modi laid the foundation stone of three new corridors under Delhi Metro VA Phase, covering a route length of approximately 16.1 km.

The three new corridors are: RK Ashram Marg to Indraprastha, Aerocity to Indira Gandhi Airport Terminal-1 and Tughlakabad to Kalindi Kunj.

These corridors will provide direct connectivity to many important destinations in the capital and improve connectivity for those traveling between Noida, south Delhi and the airport.