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Delhi Metro network set to become 5th largest in world
Why it is in news?
- The over 11-km Mundka-Bahadurgarh section of Delhi Metro’s Green Line connecting the capital to Haryana was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Addressing the gathering through videoconferencing, the Prime Minister said the expanding Metro network in Delhi would soon be the world’s fifth largest after Beijing, London, Shanghai and New York.
Six lakh vehicles
- Metro network had taken six lakh vehicles off the roads, saved time and money and reduced pollution.
- He added that Metro services were coming up in 12 cities in India and modern plants were being set up to build coaches indigenously.
- The expansion of the Metro network in the country, with the active participation of the Centre and the States, was an example of “co-operative federalism,”
- Built at a cost of Rs. 2,028 crore the Mundka-Bahadurgarh elevated section with seven stations, is the third Metro extension between Delhi and Haryana, after Gurugram and Faridabad.
- Bahadurgarh was known as the “Gateway of Haryana” and would now be the “Gateway of Development” with the advent of the Metro.
- The rapidly growing industry in the area was waiting for the Metro connectivity
- The Prime Minister said that his government had come out with a new policy relating to Metros last year to bring uniformity and standardise Metro rail networks across the country.
Source
The Hindu