PICS: Manish Sisodia, Manoj Tiwari Share Stage To Open Delhi Metro's Shiv Vihar-Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake Section

A day after the first corridor of the Delhi Metro was launched by then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in December 2002, the rush was so "massive" that paper tickets had to be issued to handle the flow of passengers. (PTI)

It was a harrowing Raksha Bandhan day on Sunday for thousands of Delhi Metro commuters who got trapped in the Yellow Line coaches in the morning hours due to a technical glitch. (PTI)

The all-elevated Shiv Vihar-Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake section in east Delhi consists of 15 stations, three of which are interchange facilities. / ANI Image

The 17.86 km-long section was formally flagged off for passenger operations by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Manoj Tiwari also shared the stage with him. / ANI Image

NEW DELHI: The Shiv Vihar-Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake section of the Pink Line is all set to be opened to public on Wednesday, following which the Delhi Metro will be running 4,749 trips a day, the "highest ever" so far. / ANI Image

With the opening of this corridor, the Delhi Metro will also join the league of top metro networks around the world which have an operational length of over 300 km, like those in London, Beijing, Shanghai and New York. / ANI Image