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Nation Metro and Rapid Rail
INDIA IS POISED TO BECOME THE SECOND-LARGEST METRO NETWORK IN THE WORLD
METRO AND NAMO BHARAT
RAPID RAIL ARE BECOMING THE
LIFELINE OF URBAN LIFE
Transformation at a massive pace has rime Minister Narendra Modi says that if
become the identity of the new India. infrastructure connectivity increases, the
pace of development will also increase. The
Whether planning or implementing, Ppace of construction of metro networks in
the work is going on at a new speed the last decade is one of the biggest examples of
and on a larger scale. As a result, this. During this period, more than 750 km of new
India, which was not even among the metro network has been built in the country, which
top 10 countries in the world in terms was only 248 km till 2014. At the same time, in just
of metro network till 2014, is today a decade, the metro has grown from 5 cities in the
country to 23 cities in 13 states and has become the
the third largest network in the world. most reliable means of fast and safe travel. About
Soon we will be the country with the one crore people travel in it daily. Prime Minister
second-largest metro network. After Narendra Modi believes that during the tenure of
Metro, now Water Metro and Namo the current government, India will have the second-
largest metro network in the world.
Bharat Rapid Rail have become the Along with the metro, the central government has
lifeline of urban life… also started the rapid rail service, taking an important
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