Delhi to get two new Metro lines: Lajpat Nagar-Saket, Inderlok-Indraprastha
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said the Union government would give Rs.1,547 crore, the Delhi government Rs.1,987 crore and the remaining would come from the loan, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s own funds and PPP.
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The two new corridors would be completed by March 2029. File photoThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two new corridors of Delhi Metro Phase-IV — one from Inderlok to Indraprastha and the other from Lajpat Nagar to Saket G-Block — at a cost of Rs 8,399 crore, of which, Rs 4,309 crore will be in the form of a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The proposals of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry were passed by the Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in what could be the last Cabinet meeting before the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections.
Announcing the Cabinet’s decision, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said that the central government will give Rs 1,547 crore, the Delhi government Rs 1,987 crore, and the remaining from the loan, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s own funds, and public private partnership (PPP). He said, once complete, the corridor will have 2.5 lakh daily passengers.
In total, the two corridors will cover 20.76 km. An extension of the Green Line, the Inderlok-Indraprastha corridor will provide interchange with the Red, Yellow, Magenta, Violet and Blue lines, and the Airport Line, said a government statement.
The 12.37-km corridor will have 10 stations — Inderlok, Daya Basti, Sarai Rohilla, Ajmal Khan Park, Nabi Karim, New Delhi, LNJP Hospital, Delhi Gate, Delhi Sachivalaya and Indraprastha — improving the connectivity for commuters from Bahadurgarh, the statement added.
The 8.38-km Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block corridor will connect the Golden (earlier named Silver Line), Magenta, Pink, and Violet Lines. The corridor will be entirely elevated and have eight stations — Lajpat Nagar, Andrews Ganj, Greater Kailash-1, Chirag Delhi, Pushpa Bhawan, Saket District Centre, Pushp Vihar, and Saket G Block.
The Inderlok-Indraprastha Line will enhance the connectivity to the Bahadurgarh region of the Delhi Metro, which is already constructing a 65-km network as part of its fourth phase of expansion. These new corridors are expected to be completed in stages, by March 2026.
At present, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) operates a 391-km network comprising 286 stations, and is one of the fastest growing Metro networks in the world.
Thakur also said that the two new corridors will be completed by March 2029, while the government statement added that the DMRC had already started preparing the projects’ tender. The three corridors of Phase IV, which were approved in 2019, are under-construction as of now. The 65-km corridors will be completed by 2026, he added.
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