India’s first underwater metro is scheduled to be operational by December 2023.
03/01/2023
India’s first underwater metro service, the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) said that the East-West Metro Corridor project is expected to be completed by December 2023.
The Metro line, which will connect Salt Lake to Howrah via Kolkata with a section under the Hooghly river, is currently operational between Sector V and Sealdah stations.
Out of the total length of 16.55 km of the project, 9.30 km between Sector V and Sealdah is operational. The remaining 7.25 km length is likely to be commissioned by December 2023.
The first metro rail system in India was also started in Kolkata in 1984 from Dum Dum to Tollygunge.
