The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated, dedicated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development initiatives in Mumbai. The projects include dedicating to the nation Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A & 7.
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- Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that today’s projects will play a major role in making Mumbai a better metropolitan and congratulated the beneficiaries and Mumbaikars.
- That is why preparing Mumbai for the future is one of the key priorities of the double-engine government. Shri Modi gave the example of the Metro in Mumbai and said that in 2014 Mumbai had 10-11 Km long Metro route, with double engine government Metro got a new speed and scale as Mumbai is rapidly moving towards a 300 km Metro network.
- The Prime Minister informed that work in mission mode is being carried out across the country for the advancement of Indian Railways and Mumbai Metro and local trains are also benefiting from this.
- The main objective is to make better services available for the general public and create ease of traveling experience.
- All modes of transport, be it bus, metro, taxi or auto, every means of transport will be connected under one roof and this will provide seamless connectivity to all travellers, and such multimodal connectivity hubs will be developed in every city.
- The Prime Minister informed that the city of Mumbai will get a facelift in the years to come with the technological advancements of Mumbai Local, expansion of the Metro network, Vande Bharat trains and advanced connectivity faster than the bullet train.
- Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Kohsyari, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Eknath Shine, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Union Ministers, Shri Piyush Goyal, Shri Narayan Rane, Union Ministers of State, Members of Parliament and Ministers of Maharashtra Government among others were present on occasion.
Background:
- The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 38,800 crores in Mumbai. Providing seamless urban mobility has been one of the key focus areas of the Prime Minister and in line with this, he dedicated the nation Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A & 7, worth around Rs 12,600 crores.
- The metro line 2A connecting Dahisar E and DN Nagar (yellow line) is around 18.6 Km long, while metro line 7 connecting Andheri E – Dahisar E (red line) is around 16.5 Km long. The foundation stone of these lines was also laid by the Prime Minister in 2015.
Source: PIB- Press Release | Images Credit: MMRDA
