Hans News Service New Delhi

DelhiChief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday launched the construction of the Inderlok-Indraprastha Metro corridor, a fully underground Magenta Line extension that will connect key areas, including Sarai Rohilla, Karol Bagh, New Delhi Railway Station and central Delhi landmarks.

The 12.377-km corridor will be developed as a fully underground extension of the Magenta Line (Line-8) and will have 10 underground stations at Inderlok, Daya Basti, Sarai Rohilla, Ajmal Khan Park, Jhandewalan Temple, Nabi Karim, New Delhi, Delhi Gate, Delhi Sachivalaya-IG Stadium and Indraprastha, a statement said.

The corridor, after completion, will operate as part of the driverless Magenta Line.

The ongoing priority corridor works of the Magenta Line, including sections between Janakpuri West-R K Ashram Marg, are being executed in phases, with some stretches already operational, it stated. The Magenta Line will become the longest corridor in the Delhi Metro network, extending nearly 89 km from Botanical Garden to Inderlok, it stated and added that the line will also have the highest number of interchange stations and underground stations in the network, improving connectivity across the national capital.