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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Prime Minister has inaugurated the Metro project of which city?
A
Coimbatore
B
Pune
C
Mysuru
D
Trivandrum
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kolkata’s purple line metro, Joka-Taratala has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing from Ahmedabad.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ø 1984 – ON 24TH OCTOBER, METRO RAILWAY, KOLKATA, INDIA’S FIRST METRO WAS COMMISSIONED. DISTANCE OF 3.4 KMS. STARTED FUNCTIONING BETWEEN 17 STATIONS.

Detailed explanation-3: -The foundation stone of the project was laid by Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, on 29 December 1972, and construction work started in 1973–74.

Detailed explanation-4: -Covering over 33 km, the first phase of the Pune Metro comprises two corridors connecting PCMC and Swargate, and Vanaz and Ramwadi. The initial 12 km of the project became operational in March 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -Further, metro services on two new metro routes – Joka-Taratala and Garia-Ruby – are likely to start by the end of 2022. Metro services in Kolkata are at present available on two routes - the North-South Line or the Dakshineswar-Kavi Subhas metro route and the east-west route between Sealdah and Salt Lake.

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