PM Narendra Modi flags off Delhi Metro's Violet Line section

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurating the new Escorts Mujesar-Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) section of the Violet Line, the entire network of the Delhi Metro will now span across 317 km, officials said. Passenger services on the network started from 5 pm in the evening.

The 3.2 km segment is also another foray of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) into the National Capital Region (NCR) with Ballabhgarh will becoming the fourth city in Haryana to get metro connectivity after Gurugram, Faridabad and Bahadurgarh.

The DMRC already connects the capital city and neighbouring cities like Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

PM Modi flagged off the Escorts Mujesar-Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) section of Delhi Metro's Violet Line through a remote control, a senior official said. S K Pathak, Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety, had on Saturday approved the commencement of passenger operations on this corridor of the Violet Line. According to an extension of the Kashmiri Gate-Escorts Mujesar Violet Line.

After the inauguration of this elevated section, which has two stations—Sant Surdas (Sihi) and Raja Nahar Singh, the Violet Line span has become 46.6 km and the total length of the Delhi Metro network now stands at 317 km. Currently, 25.8 km of metro lines are operational across Haryana. After the opening of this section, the total length of the network in the state has become 29 km.

The Escorts Mujesar–Raja Nahar Sigh (Ballabhgarh) section will be extremely crucial from the point of view of connectivity for the city of Ballabhgarh, Faridabad, South-East Delhi and Central Delhi areas.
Ballabhgarh is an upcoming urban settlement which is an industrial city.

The Raja Nahar Singh Metro station of this section will be integrated with the Ballabhgarh Railway station and the interstate bus terminal of Ballabhgarh directly with a foot over-bridge, which is currently under-construction, officials said.

"A peak hour frequency of six minutes and 48 seconds will be maintained on this section between Badarpur and Raja Nahar Singh on weekdays," the DMRC said.

All trains, which till now were operating till Escorts Mujesar, will go up to Raja Nahar Singh. A total of 40 trains will be operational on the entire Kashmiri Gate – Raja Nahar Singh corridor, the DMRC said.

SKILL UNIVERSITY

• The Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, the foundation stone of which PM Modi laid  on Monday, will come up at Dudhola in Palwal district of Haryana over 82.5 acres at a cost of Rs 989 crore
   
• Prime Minister  said the university will provide skill training to youth as per changing nature of jobs.