PM Modi inaugurates Kanpur Metro with a ride
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the completed section of Kanpur Metro Rail Project on Tuesday when he boarded the metro train at IIT Kanpur metro station and became the first passenger of the service.
He was accompanied by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The Kanpur Metro Rail Project comprises two corridors and has a total length of 32.5 km.
The first corridor from IIT-Kanpur to Naubasta is 23.8 km long while the second corridor from Chandrashekar Azad Agriculture University to Barra-8 is 8.6 km long.
The daily metro services will be available from 6 a.m to 10.p.m. from Wednesday.
