The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) began construction of the Inderlok-Indraprastha corridor on Thursday, starting diaphragm wall work at the proposed Sarai Rohilla station in the presence of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

The 12.377-kilometre fully underground Magenta Line extension will have 10 stations. It will extend the line from Botanical Garden to Inderlok, creating Delhi Metro’s longest corridor at nearly 89 km; the entire Magenta Line will then operate driverlessly.

Interchanges will connect to the Green and Red lines at Inderlok; the existing Magenta Line at Nabi Karim; the Yellow Line and Airport Express at New Delhi; the Violet Line at Delhi Gate; and the Blue Line at Indraprastha. The corridor will improve access to Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, Karol Bagh market, Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, educational institutions and nearby commercial and residential areas. It will also serve New Delhi Railway Station, Delhi Secretariat, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Jhandewalan Mandir, India Gate, Kartavya Path and Central Vista.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation began construction of the 12.4-km Inderlok–Indraprastha corridor on July 9, 2026, with diaphragm-wall work starting at Sarai Rohilla station. The fully underground, driverless extension will have 10 stations. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched construction.

Interchanges will connect with the Green and Red lines at Inderlok, Magenta at Nabi Karim, Yellow and Orange at New Delhi, Violet at Delhi Gate, and Blue at Indraprastha—seven lines in total. The route will serve Sarai Rohilla and New Delhi railway stations, Delhi Sachivalaya, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Jhandewalan Mandir, India Gate, Kartavya Path and Central Vista. The Magenta Line is expected to become the network’s longest corridor, extending about 89 km from Botanical Garden to Inderlok.

On the Janakpuri West–RK Ashram Marg priority corridor, the 1.8-km Janakpuri West–Krishna Park Extension and 9.9-km Deepali Chowk–Majlis Park sections are operational.

The under-construction Central Vista metro corridor will run from Indraprastha to RK Ashram Marg through the Central Vista area. The 9.9-km corridor will have nine stations, including four interchanges, and is expected to reduce passenger loads at Rajiv Chowk, decongest existing interchange stations and provide alternative routes.

Interchanges will be at RK Ashram Marg, Indraprastha and Shivaji Stadium. Central Secretariat will become a triple interchange station in Phase V(A), connecting the Yellow, Violet and Magenta lines.

AAP has never won Vishwas Nagar in three Delhi assembly elections. BJP’s OP Sharma won in 2013, 2015 and 2020, by more than 10,000 votes in 2015 and 16,000 in 2020. AAP has fielded local businessman Deepak Singhal, 38; Congress candidate Rajiv Chaudhary, 57, is also contesting. Sharma said he oversaw ₹8,000 crore of constituency works in five years; candidates pledged to address water and sewage problems.

The constituency has 204,780 voters: 108,057 men, 96,714 women and nine third-gender electors. It includes Preet Vihar, Anand Vihar, IP Extension, Jagriti Enclave, Swastha Vihar, Pushpanjali, Bahubali Enclave and Ram Vihar, as well as Karkardooma, Ghazipur, Hasanpur, Arya Nagar and Harijan Basti.

Residents cited damaged roads, sanitation, encroachment, parking, sewage overflow and traffic on Vikas Marg. They said the Ghazipur landfill causes foul air and polluted groundwater; landfill-flattening work has slowed. Arya Nagar residents reported dirty or interrupted water supplies, while residents raised concerns about stray cattle and mobile and chain-snatching.