2 stations on Delhi Metro's Red Line extension renamed in honour of martyrs

March 08, 2019 21:58

Two stations on the 9.63-km-long Dilshad Garden-New Bus Adda section, an extension of the Delhi Metro's Red Line, have been renamed in honour of the country's fallen heroes, a DMRC official said Friday.

"The Rajendra Nagar Metro Station has been rechristened as Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar station and the end station New Bus Adda has been renamed to Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda)," the official said.

The decision comes at a time when the nation is still mourning the death of 40 CRPF jawans, who were killed in a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14.

After the opening of the section, the Delhi Metro network will span 336.6 km with 244 metro stations. The DMRC's span in Uttar Pradesh would be 52.85 km.

"It would also be the first time, when any station in the existing DMRC network in Uttar Pradesh, would carry the name of a martyr," the official said.

The six other stations on the Red Line extension stretch are Shahid Nagar, Raj Bagh, Shyam Park, Mohan Nagar, Arthala and Hindon River Station.

With this new section, the Delhi Metro will foray into the interiors of Ghaziabad for the first time, touching the industrial areas in twin cities of Ghaziabad and Sahibabad.

This would be the second metro corridor in Ghaziabad, after the Blue Line, which links Delhi to the neighbouring city, with stations at Kaushambi and Vaishali.

"Since the station falls in Uttar Pradesh, any renaming happens from their end only. We had received a communication from the state government after it had been approved by authorities," the DMRC official said. -- PTI

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