Kanpur Metro: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday flagged off the trial run of Kanpur Metro and said that the people of the city will soon get the best transport facility. Before the address, CM Yogi also traveled in the metro along with state government ministers Satish Mahana and Jaipratap Singh. After the trial run, the people of Kanpur will get the gift of Metro at the hands of PM Modi next month.
The Chief Minister, in his address on the occasion of the commencement of the trial run of the Metro train between IIT-Kanpur to Motijheel, said that the entire operation of the Metro trial run is expected to be completed within the next four to six weeks and with the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We will be able to provide metro service to the people of Kanpur.
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He said that I congratulate the people of Kanpur in advance for this. This program of Kanpur Metro is happening before its scheduled time. The CM said that in the next four to six weeks, the people of Kanpur will have the best transport facility in the form of metro rail.
District Magistrate Visakh G. According to Iyer, the operation of Kanpur Metro is going to start from December 31. However, the Chief Minister has given instructions to start it from 15 to 20 December. This trial run of the Metro was to be held in mid-November, but in view of the upcoming assembly elections, it has been done before the scheduled time.
CM Yogi said that the construction work of Kanpur Metro started on 15 November 2019. But despite the challenge of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation has achieved this feat. The central government has also contributed in this entire program.
Earlier, Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation apprised the Chief Minister about the various aspects of Kanpur Metro service. CM Yogi also took stock of the Metro Rail coach during this period. He said that the operation of Kanpur Metro would be started between December 15 and 20.
According to a Kanpur Metro official, in the first phase, the metro will run between IIT Kanpur and Moti Jheel in a radius of nine kilometres. Whereas in the second phase, the metro will be run between Motijheel to Transport Nagar.
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