South Campus, Moti Bagh among 10 stations renamed

New Delhi: Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus and Sir Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh stations on the Delhi Metro Pink Line did not carry the name of the two personalities in the original plan and they were rechristened on the recommendations of a panel, which had suggested renaming of eight other names on the network, according to sources. 

Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus station, named after the freedom-fighter, social worker and educationist, is a part of the Pink Line corridor inaugurated in mid-March, and Sir Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh station, expected to open soon, intends to fortify the legacy of the legendary engineer-scholar. 

Both places are among the 10 stations whose names were changed following recommendations of the committee set up for renaming metro stations, the sources said. 

"The other stations include Tughlakabad (changed to Tughlakabad Station), Okhla (to Harkesh Nagar Okhla), Badarpur (to Badarpur Border) on Violet Line; Okhla-Phase III (to Okhla NSIC) on Magenta Line and Ghevra (Ghevra Metro Station) on Green Line," a source told PTI. 

On the proposed corridor from Dwarka-Dhansa bus stand, two stations were renamed after the panel's recommendations - Municipal Corporation (to Najafgarh) and Najafgarh Depot Station (to Nangli). 

The changes were approved by the Delhi government, the sources said, adding that the original plan of the Majlis Park-South Campus corridor of Pink Line only mentioned the two stations as South Campus and Moti Bagh stations. 

Deshmukh was instrumental in setting up the Sri Venkateswara College, a part of the Delhi University's South Campus. 

The station is located in the vicinity of the college. 

The rechristening, in a nod to her legacy, was done prior to the opening of the Pink Line corridor.