Title - Metro Phase 3 to connect Delhi’s shopping hubs

New Delhi : Come 2016 and the Delhi Metro's Phase III opening to the general public will provide seamless connectivity to some of South Delhi's best hangouts and shopping destinations.Four major markets of the city - Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar - will have dedicated Metro stations, connecting them for people's benefit. The INA and Lajpat Nagar Metro stations will be converted into interchange stations to further boost the connectivity of these markets."This will also provide a great boost to the market of South Delhi as the DMRC's plan of constructing Metro stations at Sarojini Nagar, INA, South Extension and Lajpat Nagar with inter-station distances ranging from less than a kilometre to approximately one-and-half km will provide a great impetus to business improvements in the area," said a spokesperson for the DMRC.This chain of four consecutive Metro stations will come up on arterial Ring Road of the national capital catering to the four prominent markets of South Delhi. As per the detailed project report (DPR), more than two lakh passengers will use these stations primarily to reach these prominent markets of the city which specialise in selling clothes, shoes and other materials."After the construction of this new line from Mukundpur to Yamuna Vihar, shoppers will be able to reach these markets directly from far-flung areas of east Delhi as well as North Delhi. The Sarojini Nagar and South Extension markets have no Metro connectivity. Though these locations are well connected by buses, parking continues to be a major constraint for the shoppers. The Metro stations which will come up very close to these markets (within 50 m) will facilitate the easy movement of shoppers to the markets from the Metro stations," added the spokesperson.The shopping hubs will also be directly accessible from areas like Mayur Vihar, Trilok Puri (East Delhi), Ashram, Sriniwaspuri (South Delhi), Azadpur, Shalimar Bagh, Netaji Subhash Place (North Delhi), Punjabi Bagh, Rajouri Garden, Maya Puri (West Delhi).