PM Modi unveils country's first underwater metro in Kolkata
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the country's first underwater metro in Kolkata on Wednesday. He further laid the foundation stone of various projects worth Rs 15,400 crore in Kolkata.
The projects unveiled by PM include:
- Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro's East-West corridor, signaling India's first venture into underwater Metro services built for Rs 4,965 crore.
- The PM also flagged off other train services including the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and the Taratala-Majerhat Metro sections.
- The PM also dedicated to the nation Pune Metro from Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi stretch; Kochi Metro Rail Phase I Extension project (Phase IB) from SN Junction Metro station to Tripunithura Metro station; Agra Metro's stretch from Taj East Gate to Mankameshwar; and Duhai-Modinagar (North) section of Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor.
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