Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation for the construction of the Agra Metro Rail Project by videoconferencing on Monday. When the button on the PM was pressed, the machine started digging in front of the TDI mall. On this occasion, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and State Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Chairperson) Hardeep Singh Puri were present at the Agra-based Metro Rail Project. At the same time, Bhopal state governor Anandiben Patel participated in the virtual event.

During the event, CM Yogi said that a new type of public transport is being launched in Agra as a metro. The historic city of Agra will get the metro. Agra has a population of 26 lakhs and millions of tourists come here every year to take advantage of tourism, he said. There was a problem with the environment here. The Supreme Court also responded that the metro would affect it.

The CM said that the metro works in Kanpur are in the throes of war, and now the construction work has begun in Kama, Prime Minister Agra. “Agra has done a good job in Agra in the past,” Minister of State for Urban Development Hardeep Puri said. He said that the UPA government spent only Rs 150 lakh crore on urban development projects from 2004 to 2014, but more than Rs 10 lakh crore was made during the Modi government from 2014-2020.

The work will be under the supervision of the UP Metro Rail Corporation
Work on the Agra metro rail project will be under the supervision of the UP Metro Rail Corporation, a spokesman for the UP government said. The Agra Metro Railway is 29.4 km long and has two corridors. Sikandra Taj is located at a distance of 14 km from the East Gate and has 13 metro stations. The second corridor, which stretches from Agra Cantt to Kalindi Vihar, is 15.4 km long and has a total of 14 metro stations.

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