Delhi Metro Pink Line's last section connecting Lajpat Nagar and Mayur Vihar was inaugurated here on Monday, completing the 59-km line.

The section will be operational for public use from 4 p.m. on Monday.

With this, the entire line, except for one station at Trilokpuri, will be operational.

The Delhi Metro opened six new sections in 2018 totalling a length of 96-km, which was termed a "world record" by Delhi Metro Rail Corp Managing Director Mangu Singh at the inauguration ceremony.

Addressing the public, Puri called the feat a "truly great achievement".

He said: "We are progressing in a direction which will help Delhi revive its previous greatness and will make it among the top ranking capitals of the world."

Sisodia called Delhi Metro a "marvel of engineering" and urged people to "salute the civil engineers" who have made the Metro possible.

Apart from Lajpat Nagar, there are five stations on this stretch: Vinobapuri, Ashram, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mayur Vihar-I and Mayur Vihar Pocket-I.

The rest of the line was opened earlier in the year in two phases.

Encircling the busy Ring Road, the line connects far-flung localities such as Shalimar Bagh, Anand Vihar and Sarojini Nagar in north, east and south of Delhi respectively.

--IANS

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