India’s first ever underwater metro route was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday in Kolkata. This historic project highlights the country’s progress toward infrastructural development.
Along with this, PM laid the foundation stone of multiple connectivity projects worth Rs 15,400 crore.
The Kavi Subhash Metro, Kochi Metro, Agra Metro, Meerut-RRTS segment, Pune Metro, and Esplanade section of the Kolkata Metro are among the metro train services that the Prime Minister launched.
The underwater service is a portion of Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor, which would cross the Hooghly river for a distance of 16.6 kilometers and pass through Howrah Maidan-Esplanade.
PM Shri @narendramodi travels aboard India's first underwater Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal. https://t.co/oUe7IAtkz8
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 6, 2024
After the inauguration programme, PM Modi also took a metro ride from Esplanade to Howrah Maidan along with school children.
School children had expressed joy at traveling alongside Prime Minister Modi in India’s first underwater metro service prior to the opening.
The inauguration of the historic project occurs less than a year after Kolkata Metro created history in April 2023 when a train was driven through the underwater tunnel as part of experimental work, a first for India.
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