The Howrah Maidan-Esplanade metro section, which passes below the Hooghly river through the country’s first under-water transportation tunnel, carried more than 70,000 passengers on the first day of its operation, an official said on Saturday.
Commercial operation on the stretch started on Friday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated it on March 6.
The number of passengers on the first day in this 4.8-km underground stretch between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade was 70,204, the official said.
