Technical glitches halt Lucknow metro on first day of public launch
ABP News Bureau | 06 Sep 2017 09:41 AM (IST)
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On the first day of Lucknow Metro's commercial operations, the train services in Uttar Pradesh's capital city Lucknow came to a halt following technical glitches.
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Adityanath and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off the metro's maiden run on a 8.5-km priority corridor from Transport Nagar to Charbagh in the first phase.
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It was thrown open to the public on Wednesday.
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Adityanath also requested metroman E Sridharan to be the principal advisor to the proposed umbrella body which would explore launching metro services in Varanasi, Kanpur, Agra, Moradabad, Allahabad, Meerut, Gorakhpur, Jhansi and other cities.
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The train was stuck for half an hour at Alambagh satation creating panic among the commuters.