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East West Metro: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani inaugurated the underground Sealdah Metro Railway station of East West Metro corridor in Kolkata through virtual mode from Howrah Maidan station. Irani visited Sealdah metro station earlier in the day. She inaugurated it through the virtual mode from Howrah Maidan station, the terminal station of East West Metro corridor on the other side of Hooghly river. Let us take a look at pictures:
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The first Metro train from Sealdah, which is among the busiest railway stations in the country, rolled towards Sector V in Salt Lake, the IT hub of the city, after she pressed the button to unveil the plaque. (PTI Photo)
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The programme was held amidst controversy over invitation to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and was not attended by the local Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhyay or local MLA Paresh Pal. (PTI Photo)
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The full length of the East West Metro corridor will be completed by 2023. (PTI Photo)
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The extended service of the East West Metro up to Sealdah on its 9 km truncated route will start commercially from Thursday. (PTI Photo)
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Irani said that the extension to Sealdah, a terminal railway station in the city, will help around 35,000 passengers in their daily commute from adjoining districts. (PTI Photo)
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Out of the 16.6 km long of East West Metro route, the underground corridor constitutes 10.8 km between Howrah and Phoolbagan with the tunnel passing below the Hooghly river, while the rest is elevated corridor, according to Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation, the executing agency of the project. (PTI Photo)
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The Sealdah-Esplanade link faced bottleneck as several houses developed cracks during underground work at Bowbazar area in central Kolkata in May, nearly three years after a similar incident there. This has delayed the completion of the project from its slated date of December, 2021. (PTI Photo)