Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo credit: ANI
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate construction of the first phase of the Agra Metro Rail Project (AMRP) virtually on December 7, a statement issued by the Uttar Pradesh government said on Saturday.
UP Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath will also be present on the occasion, he said.
According to officials, the total cost of the AMRP is Rs 8,379.62 crore and in the first phase, the Sikandra – Taj East Gate corridor will be built.
The prime minister is monitoring the project and traffic in this corridor is expected to start in December 2022, authorities said.
The Sikandra – Taj East Gate corridor will have six stations: Taj East Gate, Basai and Fatehabad Road (the three elevated stations) and Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Jama Masjid will be subway stations.
In addition to benefiting 26 lakhs of the city’s people, the metro will also prove to be a better option for movement by providing a state-of-the-art mass rapid transit system (MRTS) to more than 60 lakhs of tourists visiting Agra every year. statement said.
“The Agra subway will provide an environmentally friendly, comfortable and hassle-free means of public transportation and will also facilitate travel to world-famous tourist destinations such as the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort,” said Kumar Keshav, Managing Director of UPMRC .
Its greatest advantage will be in the development of tourism. It is a great challenge for our team to build a metro corridor in the heart of the city and make the metro available within the stipulated time frame, he added.
UPMRC has set a precedent by building the Lucknow metro railway project well ahead of schedule.
Construction work on the Kanpur metro is also proceeding at a rapid pace. The cornerstone of the AMRP was virtually laid by the prime minister in May 2019.
