New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanpur on Tuesday and inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project around 1:30 PM.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), improving urban mobility was one of Prime Minister Modi’s main focuses. The completed 9 km section of Kanpur Metro Rail Project extends from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel.
The entire length of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project is 32 km and is being constructed at a cost of more than Rs 11,000 crore. Kanpur Metro will be the fastest built metro project in the country.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath began construction on the Kanpur metro project on November 15, 2019, and the test drive took place on the 9 km long IIT to Motijheel Priority Corridor on November 10, 2021, in less than two years.
Prime Minister Modi will also inspect the Metro Rail Project and take a metro ride from the IIT metro station to Geeta Nagar.
In addition to the Metro Rail Project, the Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project.
According to the PMO, the 356 km long Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project has a capacity of approximately 3.45 million tons per year.
Prior to this, PM Modi will also attend the 54th Convocation Ceremony of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur at around 11am. At the convocation, all students will receive digital diplomas through an in-house blockchain-driven technology developed by the Institute under the National Blockchain Project.
The Prime Minister will launch the blockchain-based digital degrees. These digital diplomas can be verified worldwide and are tamper-proof.