India, Nov. 17 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday announced that three metro stations - one existing and two upcoming - have been renamed in order to enhance passenger convenience and define clear local identities.

Speaking at a Kalash Yatra in north Delhi's Haiderpur, she said the Pitampura metro station in northwest Delhi, on the Red Line, will now be known as Madhuban Chowk.The station will be used as an interchange point after the RK Puram-Janakpuri corridor of the Magenta Line Phase 4 expansion becomes operational.

"The under-construction North Pitampura station in QU Block will now be named North Pitampura-Prashant Vihar metro station. Meanwhile, the proposed Pitampura North station will be named Haiderpur Village," she said,...