Giving much-needed comfort to commuters, the awaited Pink Metro Line extension from Mayur Vihar-I to Lajpat Nagar was finally thrown open to the public on Monday at 4 pm by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing and Urban Affairs and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the presence of Japan’s Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu.
The Lajpat Nagar-Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 Pink Line corridor has five stations — Lajpat Nagar, Vinobapuri, Ashram, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mayur Vihar Ph-I and Mayur Vihar Pocket-1.
Mayur Vihar Ph-I and Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 are elevated stations and the rest are underground, the official said.
This section has one interchange station, Mayur Vihar Ph-1. Only a 1.4-km stretch between Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 and Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake remain to be linked.