CM launches construction of 12.377 km underground Inderlok-Indraprastha Metro Corridor
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday launched the construction of the Inderlok-Indraprastha Metro Corridor at the Sarai Rohilla Metro Station construction site. The occasion marked the start of a 12.377-kilometre fully underground extension of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line that will add 10 new underground stations. The extension will connect to seven existing Metro lines and, once complete, make the Magenta Line the longest in the Delhi Metro network at nearly 89 kilometres.
The launch involved the start of diaphragm wall construction at Sarai Rohilla Metro Station, marking the first phase of the project. The ten underground stations on the new corridor are Inderlok, Daya Basti, Sarai Rohilla, Ajmal Khan Park, Jhandewalan Temple, Nabi Karim, New Delhi, Delhi Gate, Delhi Sachivalaya-IG Stadium, and Indraprastha.
The corridor’s seven interchange connections make it one of the most significant additions to the Metro network in connectivity terms. At Inderlok, passengers will be able to change to the Red Line and the Green Line. At Nabi Karim, there will be an interchange with the existing Magenta Line.
New Delhi station will offer interchange with the Yellow Line and the Airport Express Orange Line. Delhi Gate will connect to the Violet Line, and Indraprastha to the Blue Line.
Together, these seven interchanges will reduce the number of transfers needed for a large number of daily journeys across the city.
The destinations the corridor will serve directly include Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, New Delhi Railway Station, Delhi Sachivalaya, Jhandewalan Temple, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Delhi Gate, Kartavya Path, India Gate, the National War Memorial, and Central Vista.
The line will also strengthen public transport access to Karol Bagh, Deshbandhu Gupta Road, and surrounding educational and commercial areas.
Sarai Rohilla station has been identified as one of the corridor’s most significant nodes.
It will connect densely populated parts of central Delhi, including Karol Bagh Market and Liberty Cinema, with the Metro network for the first time, providing residents of the area with a direct underground route to key destinations across the city.
The Chief Minister said the Delhi Metro is the foundation of a developed Delhi and that the expansion of the network is a historic step toward providing citizens with safe, fast, and environment-friendly public transport.
She framed the new corridor in terms of pollution reduction, saying that as more people shift to Metro travel, dependence on private vehicles will decline, leading to reduced traffic congestion, lower fuel consumption, and lower carbon emissions.
The Inderlok-Indraprastha Corridor, once complete, will give the Magenta Line the highest number of interchange stations and underground stations of any line in the Delhi Metro network, and at 89 kilometres, it will be longer than any existing line.
For daily commuters, the practical implication is that a large number of trips currently requiring two or three changes can potentially be made with fewer or no interchanges once the new stations are operational.
The corridor is being developed in coordination between the Delhi Government, the Central Government, and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Construction has now formally begun with the diaphragm wall work at Sarai Rohilla.
