CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kolkata Metro is the first planned and operational rapid transit system in India. It was initially planned in the 1920s, but construction started in the 1970s. The first underground stretch, from Bhawanipore (now Netaji Bhawan) to Esplanade, opened in 1984. Line 2, or the East–West Corridor, opened in 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kolkata Metro was the first Indian metro that started its journey in the year 1984 from Esplanade to Bhowanipur. It initially covered a distance of 3.4 KM. The Kolkata Metro is the first underground metro rail system in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ø 1972 – ON 1ST JUNE, THE MASS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM PROJECT WAS SANCTIONED. Ø 1972 – FOUNDATION STONE OF METRO RAILWAY KOLKATA LAID ON 29THDEC. Ø 1984 – ON 24TH OCTOBER, METRO RAILWAY, KOLKATA, INDIA’S FIRST METRO WAS COMMISSIONED.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first underwater tunnel, being built under the Hooghly River in West Bengal at a cost of around Rs 120 crore as part of the East West Metro Corridor, will be a blink-and-you-miss-it experience for passengers as trains will cross the 520-metre stretch in just 45 seconds.

Detailed explanation-5: -India’s Deepest Metro station: Civil Court Metro Station The Pune Metro currently has two routes: PCMC to Swargate (17 km) and Vanaz to Ramwadi (16 km), with a third line under construction by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the Tata-Siemens partnership.