Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 15-km Poonamallee-Vadapalani metro stretch and various infrastructure initiatives across Tamil Nadu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 15-km Poonamallee-Vadapalani Chennai Metro stretch and initiated over Rs 13,000 crore in development projects across Tamil Nadu, including highways, railways, and port expansions.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 15-km Poonamallee-Vadapalani metro stretch and other infrastructure projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore in Tamil Nadu.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the 15-km Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch of Phase II of the Chennai Metro Rail Project, built at a cost of around Rs 4,900 crore.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay joined Modi to flag off the new services. The two took a ride on the Chennai Metro from Porur Bypass Station to Poonamallee Bypass Station and back.
The newly inaugurated stretch falls under Corridor 4 of Phase II and has 11 elevated Metro stations. The corridor also features a 3.7-km double-decker structure and advanced signalling systems designed to support driverless operations.
The new stretch is expected to reduce daily travel time for commuters and improve connectivity between Chennai’s western suburbs and the city centre.
The Chennai Metro stretch is part of a wider development programme worth over Rs 13,000 crore that Modi is scheduled to launch across Tamil Nadu.
The other projects include highway works worth around Rs 3,700 crore, railway infrastructure projects worth over Rs 750 crore, and port-related developments to expand cargo-handling capacity and improve logistics.
The highway projects include the 36-km, four-laned Vadugapatti-Therkuvenganallur section of NH-744 and the 30-km, four-laned Madurai Ring Road section of NH-744A. Modi will also lay the foundation stone for the four-lane Thiruvarur Bypass on NH-83.
Railway projects include the Karaikal-Peralam railway line, three rail flyovers in and around Coimbatore, and the inauguration of five redeveloped stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: Palani, Vellore Cantonment, Ambasamudram, Paramakkudi and Namakkal.
At Chennai Port, Modi will inaugurate a paved storage yard, four export-import godowns, an upgraded cruise terminal and a Seafarers Club. He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for projects at V.O. Chidambaranar Port and Kamarajar Port.
Modi will also lay the foundation stone for a Rs 1,620-crore Lube Oil Base Stocks project at Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited’s Manali refinery. The facility, with a planned capacity of 270,000 tonnes per annum, aims to produce base stocks used in premium lubricants.
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