New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the additional 13 kilometre Delhi section of Namo Bharat corridor between Sahibabad and New Ashok Nagar on Sunday, officials said.
The inauguration will take place around 11 am and PM Modi will likely to travel from Sahibabad to New Ashok Nagar, they said.
The passenger operations will commence from 5 pm onwards on Sunday and trains will be available to the public at a frequency of 15 minutes. The fare from New Ashok Nagar station to Meerut South is Rs 150 for standard coach and Rs 225 for premium coach, they said.
This will significantly ease travel between Delhi and Meerut and will benefit millions of people through high-speed and comfortable travel along with unmatched safety and reliability, it said.
Modi will inaugurate the 2.8-km stretch between Janakpuri and Krishna Park of Delhi Metro Phase-IV worth around Rs 1,200 crore. This is the first stretch of Delhi Metro Phase-IV to be inaugurated.
West Delhi areas such as Krishna Park, parts of Vikaspuri and Janakpuri among others will benefit, the statement said.
Among other projects, Modi will lay the foundation stone of 26.5 km Rithala – Kundli section of Delhi Metro Phase-IV worth around Rs 6,230 crore.
This corridor will connect Rithala in Delhi to Nathupur (Kundli) in Haryana, significantly enhancing connectivity in the North-Western parts of Delhi and Haryana.
Once operational, it will facilitate travel across Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh through the extended Red Line.
He will also lay the foundation stone for the new state-of-the-art building for the Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI) at Rohini, New Delhi, to be constructed at the cost of around Rs 185 crore.
The campus will provide state of art healthcare and medicine infrastructure.
