Rs 920-cr transit corridor at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan opens after 3-yr delay

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the main tunnel and five underpasses of the Pragati Maidan integrated transit corridor, which is a part of the larger redevelopment project of the area.

Built at a cost of Rs 920-crore, the corridor began in 2017 and was expected to be completed by 2019. Several deadlines were missed amid congestion issues and then the Covid-19 pandemic.

“This is a New India that solves the problems, takes new pledges and works tirelessly to realize those pledges”, Modi said at the inauguration.

Located near the centre of the city, the Pragati Maidan corridor is expected to provide smoother vehicular mobility in an otherwise congested area.