Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena approved acquisition of land measuring 1,688 square metres at Khanpur Village in south Delhi for the Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor of Metro Phase-IV. The LG also approved transfer of 1,600 square metres of Education Department land to DMRC for one year at rent of Rs 13.37 lakh for interchange station construction on RK Ashram-Majlis Park and Indraprastha-Inder Lok Corridors. The vacant land will be used for development of an underground station at Idgah Road, to be named Nabi Karim Metro Station. Once construction is completed, the land will be returned to Education Department. The land acquisition at Khanpur had been pending for over four years since DMRC's request on July 7, 2020. Once acquisition takes place, this critical section of the Aerocity-Tughlakabad metro corridor will be completed in around one year. The corridor will ease commuting from densely populated southeast Delhi colonies to the airport and address traffic congestion on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road. Nabi Karim interchange station will enable seamless metro travel on heavily used RK Ashram-Majlis Park and Indraprastha-Inder Lok corridors.

A fire broke out around 2.30am in a five-storey residential building in southeast Delhi’s Tughlakabad Extension, killing Sushila Devi, 70, her grandson Pankaj Pandey, 28, and granddaughter Soni, 20. Her granddaughter Mani, 18, and daughter, 50, remain critical. About 15–20 people were inside; eight were rescued and taken to Safdarjung Hospital and AIIMS Trauma Centre. Police received a call at 2.31am and sent four fire tenders and CATS ambulances.

The building had 10 flats on a 100-square-yard (900 sq ft) plot, a basement plastic godown, no fire exits, ventilation or fire-safety equipment, and a locked roof. A preliminary inquiry indicated an electrical short circuit on the ground floor; flames may have spread after engulfing seven parked two-wheelers, including an electric scooter reportedly charging. The cause remains subject to forensic examination. A case was registered against an unknown person under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 106(1) and 287.

The fire was the third deadly building-safety incident in Delhi in barely a fortnight. Fires and a collapse at the three sites killed 32 people.

Three people were killed in an early-Friday fire at a ground-floor-and-five-storey building in Gali No. 1, near Naya Tara Apartment on Madhyam Marg, Tughlakabad Extension. The blaze reportedly began among 7–8 motorcycles and scooters in the ground-floor parking area and spread through the building. Six people were rescued and taken to a nearby hospital with Centralised Accident and Trauma Services; at least eight injured people were earlier evacuated to the AIIMS Trauma Centre. The cause is not yet known.

Delhi Fire Service received multiple calls between 2:35 am and 2:37 am. It deployed three water tenders, two water bowsers, a breathing support unit and a Quick Response Vehicle. The narrow street challenged rescue and firefighting operations.

Delhi plans a Fire Fighting Master Plan for crowded areas and hospitals, and is preparing fire-safety rule changes that may require smoke detectors in independent houses, builder floors and low-rise apartments, as well as high-rises.

Delhi government plans a new two-lane road approximately 5 kilometres long running from Aali Vihar to Mathura Road to streamline traffic between South Delhi, Noida and Faridabad. The road aims to ease pressure on Kalindi Kunj intersection and Ashram-Aali Road. The project will be developed along the Agra Canal in East Delhi, improving access to Aali village and strengthening connectivity with Sarita Vihar, Noida and South Delhi. A parallel metro corridor will connect Botanical Garden, Kalindi Kunj, Sarita Vihar and Tughlakabad to bypass the Kalindi Kunj bottleneck and offer a faster alternative mode of transport. Both initiatives address long-standing congestion issues that significantly increase travel time between Noida and Faridabad. Planning for the road project is underway with construction details expected to be announced soon.