India News | Uttar Pradesh: CM Adityanath Welcomes PM Modi to Meerut

Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 22 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Meerut on Sunday. CM Yogi went to the airport to receive the PM Modi and felicitated him with a bouquet.

In a post on X, Yogi wrote, "A heartfelt welcome and felicitation to the world's most popular politician, the esteemed Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, who is ceaselessly serving to make the lives of 1.45 billion Indians seamless, simple, and effortless, on his revolutionary visit to Meerut."

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The Prime Minister flagged off the Meerut Metro and the Namo Bharat Train at Shatabdi Nagar Namo Bharat Station. PM Modi is set to undertake a Metro Ride till Meerut South Station.

PM Modi is set to inaugurate and dedicate projects worth around Rs 12,930 crore. PM will also inaugurate India's first Namo Bharat RRTS and dedicate the entire Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor to the Nation.

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The Prime Minister will dedicate the entire 82 Km Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor. He will inaugurate the remaining sections of India's first Namo Bharat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). These include the 5 km section between Sarai Kale Khan and New Ashok Nagar in Delhi and the 21 km section between Meerut South and Modipuram in Uttar Pradesh.

With a design speed of 180 km per hour, Namo Bharat is India's first Regional Rapid Transit System. It will connect major urban centres such as Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Modinagar and Meerut with Delhi at a faster pace.

Sarai Kale Khan, the originating station of the corridor, is one of the four Namo Bharat stations to be commissioned with this inauguration. It is strategically located as a major multi-modal hub, seamlessly connecting Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, Delhi Metro's Pink Line, Veer Haqeeqat Rai ISBT, and Ring Road. The other three Namo Bharat stations, Shatabdi Nagar, Begumpul and Modipuram, being commissioned are in Meerut.

According to the release, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate Meerut Metro services between Meerut South and Modipuram, operating on the same infrastructure as Namo Bharat, in a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country. Meerut Metro will be India's fastest metro system with a maximum operational speed of around 120 kmph. Metro will cover the entire stretch in just 30 minutes, with all the scheduled stoppages enroute.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Meerut Metro and the Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail corridor on Sunday calling it a major gift for the people of the national capital. (ANI)

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