NEW DELHI: After a month’s delay, the Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand extension of Delhi Metro’s Grey Line will be inaugurated on September 18 by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Hardeep Singh Puri and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal via video conference. Passenger service on the section will commence the same day from 5 pm.
Minister of State, MoHUA, Kaushal Kishore, and Delhi’s Transport Minister and Nazajafgarh MLA Kailash Gahlot will also be present at the inaugural event. The opening of the stretch will increase the total length of the Grey Line from 4.3 km to about 5 km. The Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor, connecting the urban village of Najafgarh to the Metro network, was opened in 2019.