Written By: Priyanka Rajpal | Updated: Sep 5, 2017, 5:39 PM
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath jointly flagged off 8.5 km stretch of the first phase of metro train in Lucknow. The metro services will be opened for public use on Wednesday on the 8.5-km-long 'priority corridor' from Transport Nagar to Charbagh from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.
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Expressing his happiness on the event, Adityanath said, "The wait for travelling in the Lucknow Metro is over. The services will be opened for the public use from tomorrow. The metro service will help reduce air pollution in the state capital in the long run, will contribute to savings in terms of money and time for the passengers."
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Adityanath also appraised that the Government is planning to bring the metro in at least seven other cities in Uttar Pradesh. "We are planning to bring the metro in Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi and Meerut also," the UP Chief Minister mentioned.
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We have spent overall Rs. 6,00,080 crore in the construction of the Lucknow Metro. The amount of Rs. 13,000 crore was given by the Indian Government, Rs. 278 crore was spent by the UP Government and Rs. 3,502 was spent by the European Investment bank," informed Adityanath.
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Rajnath Singh said that the dream of smart city has started with the metro and the dream of the Smart City will be fulfilled soon.
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Yogi and Rajnath also said that Lucknow will soon top the list of developing cities in India and Metro will help in transforming its face.
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Metro Man E. Sreedharan, MP Kaushal Kishore, Cabinet Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Hardeep Singh Puri, Swati Singh, Basic Education Minister Anupama Jaiswal and Suresh Rana marked their presence at the inaugural ceremony.
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