Kanpur: On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the trial run of the Kanpur Metro. He said that people will soon have access to the best transport facility here.
In his address at the trial run of the Metro between IIT-Kanpur and Motijheel here, he said, "Within the next four to six weeks, we will be able to complete the process of metro trial and get it launched for Kanpurites by Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
Noting that the project is being completed before its scheduled time, he said,
"In the next four to six weeks, the people of Kanpur will have the best transport facility in the form of Metro Rail".
According to District Magistrate Visakh G Iyer, the operation of Kanpur Metro is scheduled to start from December 31.
However, the chief minister has instructed that the commercial operation of Kanpur Metro should be started between December 15 and 20.
The chief minister said the work on Kanpur Metro started on November 15, 2019.
Despite the pandemic challenge, the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation has achieved this feat along with the central government's has a contribution to this entire programme, he said.
Earlier, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation, Kumar Keshav apprised the chief minister on the Kanpur Metro project.
Uttar Pradesh metro rail corporation tweeted the photos of the inauguration and informed that in the first phase, the metro will run between IIT Kanpur and Motijheel covering a total distance of nine km,
