PM Modi To Inaugurate Two Delhi Metro Corridors On 8 March, Foundation Stone For Three More Routes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate two new Delhi Metro corridors and lay the foundation stone for three additional routes on 8 March, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Thursday (5 March).
The two corridors being inaugurated are the Majlis Park-Maujpur-Babarpur section of the Pink Line and the Deepali Chowk-Majlis Park section of the Magenta Line.
The event will be held at DDA Utsav Sthal-3. Both projects together are valued at over Rs 18,300 crore.
The 12.3 km Pink Line stretch features eight elevated stations, including Burari, Jharoda Majra, Jagatpur-Wazirabad, Soorghat, Nanaksar-Sonia Vihar, Khajuri Khas, Bhajanpura and Yamuna Vihar before terminating at Maujpur-Babarpur.
With this addition, the Pink Line will extend to approximately 71.56 km, completing a ring corridor around significant portions of the city.
The stretch also includes a new bridge over the Yamuna river and a double-decker viaduct combining a metro track and a road flyover.
The 9.92 km Magenta Line extension from Deepali Chowk to Majlis Park will have seven elevated stations, among them Madhuban Chowk, Uttar Pitampura-Prashant Vihar, Haiderpur Village, Haiderpur Badli Mor and Bhalswa.
A portion of this corridor reaches approximately 28.36 metres in height, making it among the tallest elevated sections across the entire metro network.
Modi will also lay the foundation stone for three Phase 5(A) corridors.
These cover a 9.913 km underground Central Vista corridor from Ramakrishna Ashram Marg to Indraprastha, a 2.263 km underground Golden Line extension from Aerocity to IGI Terminal-1, and a 3.9 km elevated Golden Line stretch from Tughlakabad to Kalindi Kunj.
The new corridors are expected to strengthen connectivity between Delhi and NCR cities including Noida, Faridabad and Ballabhgarh.
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