{"id":33151,"date":"2026-07-09T21:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/construction-starts-on-magenta-lines-inderlok-indraprastha-corridor-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:18:50","slug":"construction-starts-on-magenta-lines-inderlok-indraprastha-corridor-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/construction-starts-on-magenta-lines-inderlok-indraprastha-corridor-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction starts on Magenta Line\u2019s Inderlok\u2013Indraprastha corridor | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-47529300,imgsize-110164,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/47529300.jpg\" alt=\"Construction starts on Magenta Line\u2019s Inderlok\u2013Indraprastha corridor\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Delhi: The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/delhi-metro-rail-corporation\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Delhi Metro Rail Corporation<\/a> on Thursday started the construction of the Inderlok\u2013Indraprastha corridor, which is an extension of the Magenta Line.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The construction of the diaphragm wall at the Sarai Rohilla metro station site kicked off the work.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Chief minister Rekha Gupta, who started off the construction, said the network\u2019s expansion is a major step towards a cleaner Delhi. \u201cAs more people shift to public transport, dependence on private vehicles will reduce, leading to less congestion, lower fuel consumption and reduced carbon emissions. This will improve Delhi\u2019s air quality, while strengthening environmental protection,\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The proposed Sarai Rohilla station is one of the key points on the Inderlok\u2013Indraprastha corridor. <!-- -->The station is in the heart of central Delhi and has several educational institutes, a cinema hall, the Karol Bagh market and Desh Bandhu Gupta Road close by.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The 12.4-km Inderlok\u2013Indraprastha corridor will be a fully underground corridor with 10 stations. It will also be completely driverless. \u201cThe Magenta Line (Line-8) is set to emerge as the longest metro corridor, featuring the highest number of interchange stations and underground stations, thereby enhancing cross-city and NCR connectivity,\u201d said Anuj Dayal, principal executive director, corporate communications, DMRC.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The route provides interchange facilities to seven lines. These are the Green and Red Lines at Inderlok, the Magenta Line at Nabi Karim, the Yellow and Orange Lines at New Delhi station, the Violet Line at Delhi Gate and the Blue Line at Indraprastha.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The corridor will strengthen connectivity to Sarai Rohilla railway station, New Delhi railway station, Delhi Sachivalaya, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Jhandewalan Mandir, India Gate, Kartavya Path and the Central Vista.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>TOI earlier reported that the extension will also make the Magenta Line the longest corridor in the network, extending about 89 kilometres from Botanical Garden to Inderlok.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>\u201cConstruction work on the priority corridor from Janakpuri West\u2013RK Asharm Marg is already on, out of which Janakpuri West to Krishna Park Extn of 1.8 km and Deepali Chowk to Majlis Park of 9.9 km are already operational,\u201d said Dayal.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/construction-starts-on-magenta-lines-inderlokindraprastha-corridor\/articleshow\/132291214.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday started the construction of the Inderlok\u2013Indraprastha corridor, which is an extension of the Magenta Line.The construction of the diaphragm wall at the Sarai Rohilla metro station site kicked off the work.Chief minister Rekha Gupta, who started off the construction, said the network\u2019s expansion is a major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}