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NEW DELHI: The Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 Metro station in East Delhi has been renamed to Shree Ram Mandir Mayur Vihar. The station is located on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro.The renamed station connects several key parts of the capital, including Anand Vihar Railway Station, Rajouri Garden, Lajpat Nagar and Delhi Cantonment, making it an important transit point for daily commuters. Explaining the reason behind the name change, Sanatan Dharm Sabha Mayur Vihar President RP Agarwal said that the demand had been pending for years.“Our committee has been working on this for the past three years. We had sent a letter to Virendra Sachdeva, who forwarded it to the Chief Minister. This is an important achievement for us. When the metro train moves forward from Mayur Vihar Phase 1, the announcement will be made that the next station is ‘Shree Ram Mandir Mayur Vihar’. This will increase the popularity of our Ram temple,” Agarwal said.Highlighting commuter convenience, Sanatan Dharm Sabha patron and Delhi Senior Citizen Welfare Association Vice President Govind Singh Pawar said that the earlier name often caused confusion.“People used to get confused between Mayur Vihar Phase 1 and Mayur Vihar Pocket 1. The BJP government, which promotes Sanatan Dharma, has corrected this. The people are very happy with this decision,” he said. The renaming fits into a broader policy of revising metro station names to better reflect local identity and reduce confusion for passengers. Last year, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta announced the renaming of three metro stations to enhance passenger convenience. Pitampura Metro Station on the Red Line was renamed to Madhuban Chowk Metro Station, while two stations on the under-construction RK Puram–Janakpuri corridor will be called North Pitampura–Prashant Vihar Metro Station and Haiderpur Village Metro Station.Addressing the public at the time, Gupta said the changes were linked to local history and identity. She later wrote on X that the renaming was being done “for the convenience of passengers” and to clearly define neighbourhoods.
