KANPUR METRO RAIL PROJECT

Dec. 29, 2021

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today inaugurated the completed section of Kanpur Metro Rail Project.

About:

  • This completed 9 Km long section is from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel. The entire length of the Metro Rail Project in Kanpur is 32 Km, having 2 corridors of which 13 km will be underground.

  • Kanpur Metro Rail Project comprises of 2 corridors. First corridor from ‘IIT Kanpur to Naubasta’ is 23.8 km long while second corridor from ‘Chandrashekar Azad Agriculture University to Barra-8’ is 8.6 km long.

  • All the 9 stations of the priority corridor have been certified with platinum rating of ‘Green Building Council’.

Source : PIB