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Maha CM inaugurates Nagpur Metro's Aqua Line

  •   Tue, Jan 28 2020 01:16:53 PM

Nagpur (Maharashtra), Jan 28 (IANS): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated the 11-kms Nagpur Metro line between Lokmanya Nagar-Sitabuldi interchange here on Tuesday.

Known as the Aqua Line, a total of 24.50 kms of metro with six stations has become operational for the people of the state's second capital, while another five stations are likely to be operational by April, said an official.

The 24.50 kms are about two-thirds of the total network of Phase I of Nagpur Metro Rail Project, and the remainder of the project is slated for completion by end-2020.

Last year in March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the 13.50 kms section known as Orange Line, running north-south in the city, being implemented by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MAHA-METRO).

The Aqua Line, which runs on the east-west corridor, passes through the huge lakes and water bodies of Ambazari Lake, Gandhi Sagar and Nag River - the last of which has given the central Indian city its name.

Thackeray inaugurated the Aqua Line through a video link, while Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri who flagged off the maiden service on the section, in the presence of state ministers Eknath Shinde, Anil Deshmukh, Nitin Raut, Sunil Kedar, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, Nagpur Mayor Sandip Joshi, MPs Vikas Mahatme and Krupal Tumane, besides top officials of MAHA-METRO and the government.

The stations on the Aqua Line are Lokmanya Nagar, Bansi Nagar, Vasudev Nagar, Rachana Ring Road, Subhash Nagar, Ambazari Lake View, LAD Square, Shankar Nagar, Institute of Engineers and Jhansi Rani Square with service every 20-30 minutes for 12 hours daily from 8 a.m.
  

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  • Narendra Kumar, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 28 2020

    Sheer waste of Tax Payer's money!. Some of the Nagpur Metro Stations are built and designed state of the art(beuatifully). But passenger usage is very very minimal. It is neither connected to 2 most prominent places which is the Nagpur Airport nor to Nagpur Railway Station???... which is really surprising!. You will find mostly a "Haldirams" Outlet in almost every Station below the metro station!. It is said that most of the used construction supporting material was used after the completion of Hyderbad Metro at Andhra Pradesh since Nagpur was the only closest city to shift it there and it happened to be our minister Mr. Nitin Gadkari is from Nagpur!. So the project was viable with his clout in Maharasthra State and Delhi at the Center. All said and done..."MAAZI METRO" of Nagpur is hardly used by the passengers of the present operational area which I personally experienced just a week ago. Mere a waste of public money.

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