Great news for country’s most popular tourist city of Taj that Hon’ble Apex Court has allowed Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation to implement Agra Metro project. I am personally delighted as I served Agra as District Magistrate in 1996-1998 & am Chairman of the Metro Company.
Congratulations to citizens of this historical city for they will have world class Metro system now. Hon’ble PM laid its foundation stone on 8th March, 2019 but the work could not take off in view of Court’s stay order.
Metro will provide environment friendly, convenient, comfortable & hassle free connectivity to major residential, commercial & tourist sites like Taj Mahal & Agra Fort etc.
Agra Metro has two metro corridors: Corridor-1 from Taj East Gate to Sikandra (14km) & Corridor-2 from Agra Cantt to Kalindi Vihar (15.4 km).
It has 23 elevated & 8 underground stations.
UPMRC have been engaged in preparing & planning design works for the project. These are now at an advanced stage. Recently Agra Metro’s Rolling Stock & Telecom works have been awarded to Bombardier India, a Make in India initiative.
I am sure with its outstanding track record in implementing Lucknow & Kanpur Metro, it will now take up the physical work at the site at a fast pace.
I expect that project will be completed in time which will further the image of Agra as one of the top-most tourist destinations in the world & will help fast track the economic growth & development of the city and around.
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