Dwarka-Najafgarh Metro flagged off
The over 4.2 km-long Grey Line of the Delhi Metro, connecting the urban village area of Najafgarh to the rapid transit network, for the first time, was opened for passengers on Friday evening.
Housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off a train on the corridor in the morning. The corridor consists of three stations, Dwarka (interchange with Blue Line), Nangli and Najafgarh. The Najafgarh station will be the longest stand-alone underground
station in the Delhi metro network.
“The first section of Delhi Metro opened in 2002 and in 17 years, Delhi Metro has expanded to 377 km in Delhi-NCR. It is one of the most comprehensive and in terms of distance covered, one of the
most successful urban transport systems in the world,” Mr Puri said at the flagging-off ceremony at Metro Bhawan.
Mr Kejriwal said that the Delhi metro had played a significant role in the development and progress of the national capital as a city. “Delhi is one of the only two-three cities in the entire world to have such a large metro network, and I am glad Delhi metro network has been added to the list of the largest metro networks in the world,” the chief minister said.
After the event, Mr Kejriwal said that no other government had developed rural Delhi and outer Delhi as much as his AAP government.The wait of years of Najafgarh people has ended. Now you can reach any corner of Delhi within one hour. The people of rural Delhi were disappointed that the previous governments did nothing for them.