Lajpat Nagar section of Pink Line delayed

NEW DELHI: Your wait to take the metro to shopping locations like Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar just were given longer.
The extension of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) from Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus station to Lajpat Nagar will now open in July, instead of June as scheduled previous.

Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Mangu Singh had informed TOI in an interview that the company is able to open two sections of the Pink Line — Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus to Lajpat Nagar and Shiv Vihar to Trilokpuri — in June this 12 months.

While the extension of the operational Majlis Park-Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus corridor to Lajpat Nagar has now been postponed to July, the opening of Shiv Vihar-Trilokpuri section has been rescheduled to August. The mixed period of those two corridors is 27 kms.

“Both the sections were scheduled to open in June however t here continues to be some completing paintings left at many stations and this is the reason the opening has been postponed,” a DMRC legit said.

“Also, instead of opening two sections at one pass, we've got now made up our minds to open them in a staggered style,” he added. Another section of the corridor, Lajpat Nagar to Mayur Vihar Pocket 1, is scheduled to open in September this 12 months.

At present, Lajpat Nagar is connected to the Delhi Metro network on Violet Line (Kashmere Gate-Escorts Mujesar) and in July, it's going to change into an interchange station with the opening of the underground Lajpat Nagar metro station of the Pink Line.

The new station will open proper close to the popular Lajpat Nagar market and will probably be a significant enchantment for consumers, coming the entire method from north and west Delhi.

Pink Line would also attach major shopping locations of Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar through a single corridor.