'Promised Us Delhi Metro Station in Siraspur, Then Left us Waiting For 10 Years'

The nearest metro station – Samaypur Badli – on Delhi Metro's Yellow Line is 3.8 km away.

Public transport remains a distant dream for residents of Siraspur village in northwest Delhi.

(Image altered by The Quint/Vibhushita Singh)

"This is probably the only village in Delhi that doesn't even have a bus service," Jagdish Singh, a resident of Northwest Delhi's Siraspur village, tells me. Suresh Prasad, a daily wage labourer, chimes in that the residents are forced to travel to Samaypur Badli to catch a bus, metro, or train.

Samaypur Badli on Delhi Metro's Yellow Line is almost 3.8 km away, and the nearest local train station, Khera Kalan Railway Station, is 3.4 km away from the DDA flats in Siraspur. 

With limited options, residents are dependent on either their personal vehicles or shared e-rickshaws and autos for their daily commute. For years, they have demanded better public transport connectivity, but their pleas have remained unanswered.

"I work for the Delhi Police as a sub-inspector. I am currently posted at the Delhi Police Headquarters (near Connaught Place), for which my commute takes anywhere between 1.75 and 2.25 hours daily... only because we don't have a Delhi Metro service till our village."

Amit Rana, Resident

It's not that a metro station wasn't promised. Back in 2014, the then Member of Parliament from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Dr Udit Raj, even 'inaugurated' one.

In fact, Siraspur is marked as a station on the route maps on some Delhi Metro Yellow Line coaches. But nearly a decade later, that promise remains unfulfilled.

Siraspur is marked as a stoppage on the route maps on some of the coaches of Delhi Metro's Yellow Line

(Photo credit: Hari Shankar Manoj)

'When Will Our Long Wait End?'

Recalling the events of 2014, Jagbir Singh Rana, a retired army man, tells me, "The government had acquired our land for the Delhi Metro services. At that time, we sat in protest for at least 1.5 years, demanding a metro station in our village. They said that a metro station had been approved. Later, an 'inauguration' was done by Dr Udit Raj."

When I reached out to Dr Udit Raj, he told me:

"The metro project up to Narela was sanctioned because of my insistence. Getting the Centre’s approval for funding was a herculean task. People were protesting when I was campaigning (in 2014). I agreed to sort it out if they let me become MP, and that is what I did. I did what I could, but the politicians who succeeded me did nothing."

DMRC's Response

According to news reports, in January 2025, the Central government directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed extension of the Yellow Line, extending till Siraspur.

I reached out to the DMRC for an update. In a written response, they informed me that the DPR for Siraspur is "under preparation".

Now, with the BJP government both at the Centre and the state level, residents hope that things will improve.

"We now have a BJP municipal corporator and the BJP government in both Delhi and at the Centre. Earlier, there was always a dispute between the Centre and the state. Both governments used to blame each other for funds. Today, we have the BJP at all three levels. Let's see what they can do now," says Jagdish Singh Rana.

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