New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at present inaugurated India’s first underwater metro line in Kolkata and took a metro journey with college college students.

In a video shared by the BJP on its official X account, PM Modi was seen interacting with college students throughout the metro journey from Esplanade to Howrah Maidan.

He additionally spoke to the employees concerned within the building of the mission.

PM Shri @narendramodi travels aboard India’s first underwater Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal. https://t.co/oUe7IAtkz8

— BJP (@BJP4India) March 6, 2024

He was accompanied by West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose and BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Sukanta Majumdar.

India’s First Underwater Metro In Kolkata

The Howrah Maidan-Esplanade part of Kolkata Metro’s East-West hall is India’s first enterprise into underwater metro companies.

The Howrah Maidan-Esplanade part additionally has the deepest metro station within the nation — the Howrah Metro Station.

It’s nestled underneath the Hooghly River, which separates the dual cities of Kolkata and Howrah.

#WATCH | India’s first underwater metro rail service in Kolkata set to be inaugurated by PM Modi on sixth March pic.twitter.com/ib5938Vn8x

— ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2024

Kolkata Metro touched a milestone in April final yr as its rakes accomplished a trial journey underneath the mattress of Hooghly by means of a tunnel 32 metre beneath the water degree for the primary time in India.

Spanning a 4.8-km stretch between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade, it kinds a significant section of the East-West Metro hall, connecting key areas such because the IT hub Salt Lake Sector V.

The 4.8-km stretch of East-West Metro from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade has been constructed at a price of Rs 4,965 crore.

Of the whole 16.6 km of the East-West Metro hall, 10.8 km is underground, together with the tunnel beneath the river.

A Metro prepare is predicted to traverse the 520-metre stretch underneath the river in simply 45 seconds.

In response to officers, the work for the East-West hall started in 2009 and tunneling underneath Hooghly commenced in 2017.

The Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah stretch of the hall is commercially operational at current.

PM Modi Inaugurates Numerous Tasks

In the course of the operate on the Esplanade metro station, PM Narendra Modi additionally inaugurated the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay part of the New Garia-Airport line and the Taratala-Majerhat part of the Joka-Esplanade line of the Kolkata Metro, the nation’s oldest metro community.

PM Shri @narendramodi inaugurates, dedicates & lays basis stone of tasks in Kolkata, West Bengal. https://t.co/hnB7UjSikB

— BJP (@BJP4India) March 6, 2024

PM Modi additionally inaugurated the Duhai-Modinagar (North) part of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS Hall, Pune Metro’s Ruby Corridor Clinic-Ramwadi stretch, Kochi Metro’s SN Junction to Tripunithura part, and Agra Metro’s Taj East Gate-Mankameshwar part.

He additionally laid the muse stone for the extension of the Pune Metro between Pimpri Chinchwad and Nigdi.