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INFRA | Namo Bharat

Expansion of

Namo Bharat

Easy and Comfortable Travel

The Central Government is committed to providing high-speed transportation to
the countrymen, freeing them from traffic jams and pollution, and providing a
convenient means of travel. Therefore, today, modern semi-high-speed trains like
the Namo Bharat and Vande Bharat trains are operating in the country, and in the
last 11 years, the metro has reached over scores of cities across the country. With
this purpose, for the first time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Namo
Bharat Rapid Rail and Metro services on February 22nd in Meerut...

efore 2014, the expansion of the metro in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
India was very slow. At that time, the metro that for the first time in the country, the Namo
Bwas operational in only five cities. Today, the Bharat Express and the Metro Rail will run on the
metro network is operational in more than 25 cities same station and on the same track. This means
across the country, becoming the third-largest that you can travel within the city from the same
network in the world. Metro work is underway in platform and also travel directly to Delhi from the
many other cities in Uttar Pradesh, including same station.
Meerut. The money being spent on modern infra-
Inaugurating various develop- structure saves people money and provides
ment projects in Meerut, employment to the youth. Western Uttar Pradesh
is a prime example of this. New expressways and
dedicated freight corridors are being built here.
An international airport is being constructed in
Jewar. When these projects are completed,

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