Now people can easily reach Gurugram from Noida only in 50 mins.
From 6am on Tuesday, commuters from Noida, south and west Delhi will be able to ditch gruelling traffic snarls and use the Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden corridor on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line.
Union minister for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged of the 24.8km kalkaji mandir–janakpuri west section of the Magenta Line on Monday, completing the entire 37.4km stretch of the line.
A 12.6-km stretch of the Magenta Line, between Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir, has been operational since December last year.
The first train of the line was flagged off at the Nehru Enclave Metro station, from where Puri and Kejriwal travelled in the Metro to Hauz Khas station along with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director Mangu Singh and other officials.
“I would like to congratulate the DMRC engineers for achieving this feat and also the people of Delhi on the opening of this line. The coming of this Metro line will reduce traffic jams and will also help bring down pollution levels,” said Kejriwal during the inauguration.
With the opening of this line, the Metro network in the city will expand to 277km, officials said. Puri said that by December this year, the network is likely to cross the 380km mark.
