Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday performed the “bhoomi poojan” of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project via video conferencing.
Continuing the fast-paced development of Ahmedabad, boosting ‘Ease of Living’ for its citizens. #GujaratMetroRevolution pic.twitter.com/OHE73HjcZf
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 18, 2021
“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,” the Prime Minister had tweeted informing about the event earlier in the day.
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. https://t.co/4hs4EGm84p pic.twitter.com/tNEbgdCvmS
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 18, 2021
As per an official release, the Metro Projects will provide an environment friendly ‘Mass Rapid Transit System’ to these cities
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Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri were also present on the occasion.
Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II is 28.25 Kilometres long with two corridors. Corridor-1 is 22.8 Kilometres long and is from Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir. Corridor-2 is 5.4 Kilometres long and is from GNLU to GIFT City. The total completion cost of the Phase-II project is Rs 5,384 crores.
Surat Metro Rail Project is 40.35 Kilometres long and comprises two corridors. Corridor-1 is 21.61 Kilometres long and is from Sarthana to Dream City. Corridor-2 is 18.74 Kilometres long and is from Bhesan to Saroli. The total completion cost of the project Rs 12,020 crores.
(With ANI Inputs)