PM Narendra Modi Plays Traditional Drum During His Visit To Nagpur — Watch Video
Prime Minister Narendra Modi played a traditional drum during his visit to Maharashtra's Nagpur today. Watch the video here.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday played a traditional drum during his visit to Maharashtra's Nagpur. This came as PM Modi is in the city to dedicate several projects to the nation and to lay foundation stones for many others.
A traditional welcome in Nagpur, Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/v1Yw75v1o3
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PM Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Nagpur-Mumbai 'Samruddhi Expressway'.
The first phase connects Nagpur to the temple town of Shirdi in Ahmednagar district covering a distance of 520 km.
The length of the total project, officially named as 'Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg', will be 701 km.
The project was conceptualised by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis when he was the state chief minister in 2015. Once completed, the expressway will reduce the travel time from Nagpur to Mumbai to seven hours.
The Prime Minister inaugurated Phase-I of the Nagpur Metro rail project and took a ride in the train.
He also laid the foundation stone of Phase-II of the metro project in the city.
The prime minister took a ride in the metro rail between Zero Mile Freedom Park and Khapri stations. Before boarding the train, he visited an exhibition on the project at the Zero Mile station.
There are 36 stations under Phase-I of the project, which covers a distance of 40 km. This project has been developed at a cost of more than Rs 8,650 crore, news agency PTI reported officials as saying.
Phase-II of the project will be developed at more than Rs 6,700 crore. It will have 32 stations and cover a distance of 43.8 km, they said.
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