The ₹4,965-crore Howrah Maidan-Esplanade part of Kolkata Metro’s East-West Hall, which has the primary transportation tunnel “below any mighty river in India”, was inaugurated by the PM. The stretch additionally has the deepest metro station within the nation — the Howrah metro station.
After the inauguration programme, Modi took a metro trip from Esplanade to Howrah Maidan together with faculty youngsters.
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The under-river part of the tunnel is 520 metres lengthy, and a prepare will take round 45 seconds to cross it, officers mentioned.
From the operate on the Esplanade metro station, the PM additionally inaugurated the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay part of the New Garia-Aiport line and the Taratala-Majerhat part of the Joka-Esplanade line of the Kolkata Metro, the nation’s oldest metro community.
The Majerhat metro station is a novel elevated set up throughout railway strains, platforms and a canal, an official assertion mentioned.
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Modi additionally inaugurated the Duhai-Modinagar (North) part of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS Hall, Pune Metro’s Ruby Corridor Clinic-Ramwadi stretch, Kochi Metro’s SN Junction to Tripunithura part and Agra Metro’s Taj East Gate-Mankameshwar part.
The PM additionally laid the inspiration stone for the extension of the Pune Metro between Pimpri Chinchwad and Nigdi.
These sections will assist decongest highway site visitors and supply seamless, straightforward and comfy connectivity, the assertion mentioned.
The part of the Agra Metro that was inaugurated will improve connectivity to historic vacationer locations, it mentioned.
The 17-km part of the RRTS will enhance financial exercise within the NCR, it added.
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