3068 Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during the bhoomi poojan of Surat Metro and Phase-2 of the Ahmedabad Metro. PTI photo.
Ahmedabad, January 18
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 groundbreaking 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,” Modi said.
Read more about Work underway on over 1,000 km metro network in 27 cities: PM Modi on Business Standard. The difference between the approach of his government and the previous governments is the (pace of) expansion of the metro rail network across the country, he said
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Union Housing & Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will be present on the occasion, according to the PMO release.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and the Surat Metro Rail Project via video-conferencing on Monday (January 18). The ceremony will start at 10:30 AM via video conferencing, informed the Prime Minister s Office. Today is a landmark day for two of Gujarat’s leading urban centres. The Bhoomi Poojan of Surat Metro and Phase-2 of the Ahmedabad Metro would take place at 10:30 AM, Narendra Modi tweeted on Monday.
Previous govts worked without Metro policy, lacked modern vision: PM Modi
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Previous govts worked without Metro policy, lacked modern vision: PM Modi. Image Source: IANS News
Gandhinagar, Jan 18 : While carrying out the the virtual ground breaking ceremonies of the the Surat Metro project and the second phase of Ahmedabad Metro project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that due to lack of modern vision and any metro policy in previous governments, works of only 225 kilometre Metro network were operational, while the present government s modern vision had helped complete more than 450 km of Metro line and work was in progress in more than 1000 km in 27 cities.
PM performed the
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as he performed the ground-breaking ceremony for two Metro Rail Projects in Gujarat via video-conferencing today.
Speaking at the
Bhoomi Poojan of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project, the Prime Minister said over 450 kms of metro network became operational in the last six years. Work on projects worth Rs 17,000 crore is starting from today. This shows that the country s efforts for new infrastructure projects is increasing during COVID-19. Ahmedabad and Surat are cities that will empower self-reliant India. Ahmedabad and Surat are receiving very important gifts today. Metro will further strengthen the connectivity in two major business centres of the country - Ahmedabad and Surat, he said.