After renaming of Pink Line’s Sarai Kale Khan, INA to Sarai Kale Khan- Nizamuddin and Dilli Haat-INA, the Delhi Government has decided to rename three more locations in national Capital. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia along with Urban Development Minister Sateyendar Jain on Tuesday announced that that Pragati Maidan metro station to be renamed as Supreme Court metro station, Mukarba Chowk Flyover renamed as Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra and Badarpur-Mehrauli road to be renamed as Acharya Shri Mahapragya.

The Lajpat Nagar flyover will also be renamed as Sri Jhoole Lal Setu and Shakti Nagar Flyover as Bhagwan Mahavir Chowk in the coming months.

The name changing of the following the locations of Delhi were proposed by the naming committee.  "Mukarba Chowk is one of the most important junctions in the country. Naming the Chowk as well as the flyover after Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra who was martyred in the Kargil War in 1999 can inspire the people of Delhi and those who come to Delhi. A few months before the parents of Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra visited Delhi and requested to honor the martyr. This decision is a deserving tribute to Shaheed Captain Vikram Batra", said Sisodia while announcing about the development.

"The demand to change the name of Pragati Maidan Metro Station in the Blue Line of DMRC to Supreme Court Metro Station was made by the Supreme Court in September 2019. The request to change the Mehrauli Badarpur Road to Acharya Shri Mahapragya was initiated be people nearby and various organizations", said the Deputy Chief Minister.

Besides, the AAP Government also announced that the Lajpat Nagar Flyover and Shakti Nagar Chowk will also be renamed to Sri Jhoole Lal Setu and

Shakti Nagar Chowk as Bhagwan Mahavir Chowk. The Naming Committee also decided board and stone signage at Maharshi Dayanand Chowk in place of Rani Bagh, and re-install the signboards of Acharya

Tulsi Marg at different places from Andheria Mod to Gurugram.

In 2017, the Delhi Government constituted the Naming Committee headed by the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia with the mandate to name Government roads and institutions under the state purview. "The changes are to be made effective in a month", said the Deputy Chief Minister.