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The Bhopal Metro obstruction task was formally inaugurated connected Saturday (December 20, 2025), with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar launching services connected a agelong of 6.22 kilometres successful the metropolis for the archetypal time.
The commercialized services volition statesman connected Sunday (December 21) connected the Orange line, the "Priority Corridor", of the Metro covering 8 elevated stations from Subhash Nagar to AIIMS, Bhopal.
Speaking connected the occasion, Union Minister Khattar said that India volition soon overtake the U.S. successful presumption of the magnitude of the Metro obstruction network.
Currently, India is successful the 3rd presumption arsenic acold arsenic the full magnitude of Metro obstruction corridors is concerned, helium said.
“Bhopal has go the 26th metropolis successful the state to person Metro trains. In presumption of the magnitude of Metro lines, we fertile 3rd successful the satellite with a web spanning 1,083 km. With the summation of today’s 7 km, it volition go a 1,090-km network,” Mr. Khattar said.
China tops the list, followed by the U.S. with a full Metro magnitude of 1,400 km, helium said.
“With 900 km of Metro task successful the pipeline, the state volition surpass the US with the summation of 300 km soon,” Mr. Khattar said during a programme to inaugurate the archetypal signifier of the Bhopal Metro obstruction project.
This wide transit corridor of the Orange enactment volition guarantee creaseless postulation connected the city’s engaged roads and assistance trim pollution. It volition besides marque question easier for citizens, Mr. Khattar said.
The estimated outgo of the Bhopal Metro is ₹10,033 crore, with the Priority Corridor costing ₹2,225 crore. This agelong is expected to transportation 3,000 passengers daily, an authoritative said.
With PTI inputs
