National Capital Should Reflect Grandeur Of 21st-Century India: PM Modi Work is going on to develop the tourist attractions in the national capital, said PM Modi while inaugurating the first-ever driverless Metro
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Delhi being the national capital of the country should reflect the grandeur of 21st-century India and the government is making efforts to modernize the city s old infrastructure.
The prime minister said work is going on to develop the tourist attractions in the national capital.
He was speaking after inaugurating the first-ever driverless Metro operations and launching the expansion of the National Common Mobility Card to the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro via video conference. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also present at the virtual event.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the inauguration of India s first-ever driverless train operations. Pic credit ( ANI )
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Delhi being the national capital of the country should reflect the grandeur of 21st-century India and the government is making efforts to modernize the city s old infrastructure. The prime minister said work is going on to develop the tourist attractions in the national capital.
He was speaking after inaugurating the first-ever driverless Metro operations and launching the expansion of the National Common Mobility Card to the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro via video conference. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was also present at the virtual event.
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The driverless trains will be fully automated.
PM also launched fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on Airport Express Line.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that metro train services will be extended to 25 cities with an over 1,700-km network by 2025 in the country as he flagged off India s first-ever driverless train operations on the Delhi Metro s Magenta Line. Modi noted that metro service was confined to only five cities in 2014, when his government came to power at the Centre, and said it has continuously been expanded to different cities, a testimony of people s ease of living being ensured by his dispensation.
PM Modi inaugurates India s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line
The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, the government has said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden), the Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021. PTI
Representative image of Delhi Metro s Magenta Line train
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro s Magenta Line along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line via video conferencing.
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