‘Previous govt had no policy’: PM Modi’s jibe at Congress over metro projects

• PM Modi performed 'Bhoomi Poojan' of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project via video conferencing. PM Modi lashed out at the Congress and said that the previous government did not have a modern approach towards expanding metro networks. Before 2014, only 225 kms of metro line became operational in 10-12 years. In last 6 years, over 450 kms of metro network became operational. At present, work is underway on 1,000 kms long metro network in 27 cities. Once there was no modern approach for metro, and there was no metro policy. As a result, there are different metro in different cities based on different techniques and facility. There was no integration of metro with other public transport mediums,’ PM Modi said. Watch the full video for all the details.