‘In Last 6 Yrs, Over 450 Kms Of Metro Network Became Operational’ Says PM Before Bhoomi Pujan Of Gujarat Metro Projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address talked about how it is a landmark day for Gujarat. He performed 'Bhoomi Pujan' for the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase – II and Surat Metro Rail Project.

New Delhi: On Monday, PM Narendra Modi performed ‘bhoomi pujan’ via video conferencing for Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase – II and Surat Metro Rail Project. During his address the PM said that this "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."

The Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II is 28.25 Kms long with two corridors. Corridor-1 is 22.8 Kms long and is from Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir. Corridor-2 is 5.4 Kms long and is from GNLU to GIFT City. The total completion cost of Phase-II project is Rs 5,384 crores. Similarly, the Surat Metro Rail Project is 40.35 kms long and comprises two corridors. Corridor-1 is 21.61 kms long and is from Sarthana to Dream City. Corridor-2 is 18.74 kms long and is from Bhesan to Saroli. The total completion cost of the project Rs 12,020 crores.

During his address, PM Modi talked about the progress made and said that 1000 kms long metro network in 27 cities is underway. "Before 2014, only 225 kms of metro line became operational in 10-12 years. In last 6 years, over 450 kms of metro network became operational. At present, work is underway on 1,000 kms long metro network in 27 cities. Once there was no modern approach for metro, and there was no metro policy. As a result, there are different metro in different cities based on different techniques and facility. There was no integration of metro with other public transport mediums," he asserted.

PM Modi talked about how the developing transportation system of cities will be an integrated system this means that bus, metro, rail will not ply as per their own design but work as collective system, complementary to each other.