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PM to perform ground-breaking ceremony for Ahmedabad, Surat metro projects today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and the Surat Metro Rail Project via video-conferencing at 10:30 am on Monday. The Prime Minister s Office (PMO) on Saturday said the metro projects will provide an environment-friendly mass rapid transit system to the two cities in Gujarat.
Gujarat Governor, Union Home Minister, Gujarat Chief Minister, and Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister were also present on the occasion.
Things you should know about Ahmedabad, Surat metro projectsÂ
The Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II is 28.25 km long with two corridors.
Work underway on over 1,000 km metro rail network in 27 cities: PM Modi orissapost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orissapost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PM said his government is developing cities transport system like an integrated system which means that bus, metro, rail won t ply as per their own design but work as a collective system
Work underway on over 1,000 km metro network in 27 cities: PM Narendra Modi
Work is in progress on over 1,000 km long metro rail network in 27 cities in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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AHMEDABAD: Work is in progress on over 1,000 km long metro rail network in 27 cities in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. He was speaking after performing the ground breaking ceremony of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project via video conferencing. There was a time when there was no modern thinking and policy on metro in our country. The result was that there was a different (type of) metro in each city. There was no uniformity then on the metro trains which started in different cities. There was no integration of metro with other modes of transport back then, he said.
PM Modi launches Ahmedabad, Surat Metro Rail projects
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Updated: Monday, January 18, 2021, 13:50 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and the Surat Metro Rail Project via video-conferencing.
PM Modi said that the business opportunities will grow in Ahmedabad Surat with the help of the Metro and it would fulfil the future requirements of both the cities. He also said that Surat is the 2nd major city in Gujarat after Ahmedabad to be connected to modern public transport systems like the Metro.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Surat is the fourth fastest growing city in the world and it perfectly showcase the undying spirit of the city, PM Modi also said