India, March 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two new corridors of the Delhi Metro and lay the foundation stones for development projects worth about Rs.33,500 crore in the national capital on Sunday.

Ahead of Modi's scheduled inauguration, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday that the expansion of the metro network is helping improve the public transport system. She added that the Delhi government has given priority to public transport in the 2025-26 budget.

The prime minister inaugurated the Majlis Park-Maujpur-Babarpur section of the Pink Line and the Deepali Chowk-Majlis Park stretch of the Magenta Line.

After the launch, the Pink Line has been extended to 71.56 kilometres and it also means that the countr...