As he inaugurated the primary part of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS within the Capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally interacted with kids who accompanied him aboard the Namo Bharat Prepare on Sunday. Whereas two kids aboard the prepare recited poems, others gifted Modi work made by them.
The primary part to be opened in Delhi connects New Ashok Nagar to the operational part between Sahibabad and Meerut.
The PM additionally interacted with a number of loco prepare drivers. “Over the previous decade, the federal government’s major focus has been on infrastructure improvement,” Modi mentioned, including that 10 years in the past, the price range for infrastructure was round Rs 2 lakh crore, and has now elevated to over Rs 11 lakh crore.
He added that the emphasis has been on trendy connectivity, notably inside cities and connecting one metropolis to a different. “Fashionable infrastructure helps to make sure a dignified and high quality life for everybody, together with the poor and the center class”, Modi mentioned.
Talking in regards to the Janakpuri West to Krishna Park stations on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta line, a 2.8-km stretch that he inaugurated Sunday, Modi mentioned India could have the second-largest Metro community on the earth beneath his authorities’s tenure. “Earlier than 2014, India’s Metro community was solely 248 km and restricted to simply 5 cities. Prior to now 10 years, over 752 km of recent Metro strains have been inaugurated in India,” he mentioned.
The remaining part connecting Krishna Park Extension to RK Ashram Marg can be accomplished by 2026 in phases.
He additionally laid the muse stone of the Rithala-Narela-Kundli Metro hall, which can be among the many longest sections of the Metro community.
Work on Metro strains in Delhi is performed by the Delhi Metro Rail Company, of which the Centre and the Delhi authorities are stakeholders.
Delhi CM Atishi mentioned the brand new initiatives indicated a large leap in the direction of financial improvement. “Delhi is now rising as an awesome mannequin of public transport for your entire nation and the world,” she mentioned.
“The RRTS, a joint effort of the Centre, Delhi, UP, and Haryana governments is connecting the NCR with Delhi… The Delhi authorities has additionally invested Rs 1,260 crore within the RRTS line being constructed from Delhi to Meerut, as it would increase the financial improvement of Delhi,” she added.
Apart from, Modi additionally laid the muse stone for a brand new state-of-the-art constructing for the Central Ayurveda Analysis Institute in Rohini, to be constructed at a value of Rs 185 crore.
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