Call it travel fatigue or something else, today, when the Metro kick-starts its journey from Connaught Place to Gurgaon, it would be missing two esteemed commuters - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy. While the duo would be present to flag off the train, they are going to give the 12.53-km one-way trip a miss.

"They will flag off the train but not ride it," said a senior Delhi Metro official.

The stretch would be thrown open to commuters on the day of its inauguration.

"There is no specific reason behind it. We wanted to open it as soon as possible," added the official.
This will be the longest line of the Delhi Metro spanning 45 km, connecting north Delhi with the millennium city of Gurgaon.