Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Projects to be inaugurated in West Bengal and Bihar today –

• On Wednesday, PM Modi Modi will inaugurate the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor, marking India’s first foray into underwater metro services.

• He will also inaugurate other metro stations, such as the Kavi Subhash – Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Metro section and the Taratala – Majerhat Metro section, which is part of the Joka-Esplanade line in Kolkata.

• The inauguration will include the Indian Oil’s Muzaffarpur-Motihari LPG Pipeline spanning 109 km and the LPG Bottling Plant & storage terminal at Motihari in Bihar.

• Furthermore, foundation stones will be laid for the City Gas Distribution projects in East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, and Deoria, along with Grain-based Ethanol Projects at HBL’s Sugauli & Lauriya.

• Road projects such as the two-laning of the Piprakothi-Motihari-Raxaul section of NH-28A with paved shoulder and the two-laning of the Sheohar-Sitamarhi section of NH-104 will also be inaugurated.

• Foundation stones will be laid for projects, including the construction of a six-lane Cable Bridge parallel to the Digha-Sonepur Rail-cum-Road Bridge at Patna on the Ganga River and the four-laning of the Bakarpur Hat-Manikpur section of NH-19 Bypass.

Moreover, PM Modi will also virtually inaugurate

• Pune Metro stretch from Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi; the extension project of Kochi Metro Rail Phase I (Phase IB) from SN Junction Metro station to Tripunithura Metro station; the Agra Metro stretch from Taj East Gate to Mankameshwar.

• Additionally, the Duhai-Modinagar (North) section of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor will be inaugurated.

• A foundation stone will be laid to extend the Pune Metro Rail project phase 1 between Pimpri Chinchwad Metro and Nigdi.