Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to inaugurate Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of East-West Metro Corridor on March 6.
According to a source, there are plans to also inaugurate two other Metro lines — Taratala-Majerhat of Purple Line and Kavi Subhash to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (Ruby) of Orange Line on March 6.
According to a KMRCL source, all clearance including CRS has been given to the section for East-West Metro which is going to be inaugurated. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a interview on Saturday with a news agency confirmed that PM Modi is going to inaugurate India’s first under-river Metro tunnel on March 6.