PM Modi launches ₹33,500 crore projects in Delhi; Pink Line extension makes it India's first ring metro
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth about ₹33,500 crore in Delhi on 8 March 2026, including two Metro corridors that complete the Pink Line as India's first fully operational ring metro.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth about ₹33,500 crore in Delhi on 8 March 2026. Metro projects account for about ₹18,300 crore. He opened two Phase IV corridors: the 12.3-km Majlis Park–Maujpur Babarpur stretch of the Pink Line and the 9.9-km Deepali Chowk–Majlis Park stretch of the Magenta Line. The Pink Line extension takes the line to about 71.56 km and makes it India's first fully operational ring metro, with a new Yamuna bridge and a double-decker viaduct. He also laid the foundation stone of three Phase V-A corridors totalling about 16.1 km: R.K. Ashram Marg–Indraprastha, Aerocity–IGI Airport Terminal-1 and Tughlakabad–Kalindi Kunj. Projects worth ₹15,200 crore under the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) redevelopment plan at Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Kasturba Nagar and Sriniwaspuri were inaugurated or begun; the PM handed over keys of Type-5 quarters in Sarojini Nagar to women allottees. PIB says the GPRA projects use a self-sustaining financial model without burdening the exchequer.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 8 March 2026, New Delhi
- Total
- ~₹33,500 crore; Metro ~₹18,300 crore; GPRA ₹15,200 crore
- Pink Line
- Majlis Park–Maujpur Babarpur, 12.3 km; line ~71.56 km; India's first fully operational ring metro
- Magenta Line
- Deepali Chowk–Majlis Park, 9.9 km
- Phase V-A (foundation)
- R.K. Ashram Marg–Indraprastha; Aerocity–IGI T-1; Tughlakabad–Kalindi Kunj (~16.1 km)
- GPRA
- Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Sriniwaspuri; self-sustaining model
Practice MCQs 4 questions
Which Delhi Metro line became India's first fully operational ring metro after the corridor inaugurated on 8 March 2026?
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Correct answer: D — Pink Line
The 12.3-km Majlis Park–Maujpur Babarpur stretch completed the Pink Line loop, taking it to about 71.56 km and making it India's first fully operational ring metro.
What was the approximate total value of the projects the Prime Minister inaugurated and began in Delhi on 8 March 2026?
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Correct answer: A — ₹33,500 crore
The projects were worth about ₹33,500 crore, of which Metro projects were about ₹18,300 crore and GPRA projects ₹15,200 crore.
The Magenta Line corridor inaugurated in Delhi on 8 March 2026 runs between which two points?
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Correct answer: B — Deepali Chowk and Majlis Park
The 9.9-km Deepali Chowk–Majlis Park corridor is on the Magenta Line; Majlis Park–Maujpur Babarpur is the Pink Line stretch.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three Delhi Metro Phase V-A corridors whose foundation stone was laid on 8 March 2026?
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Correct answer: D — Rithala–Narela
The three Phase V-A corridors (about 16.1 km) are R.K. Ashram Marg–Indraprastha, Aerocity–IGI Terminal-1 and Tughlakabad–Kalindi Kunj.