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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday (February 22, 2026) flagged disconnected the Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat bid from the Shatabdi Nagar presumption here, giving a fillip to high-speed intercity question and swift intra-city movement.
From there, the Prime Minister besides undertook a metro thrust till Meerut South station.
He is besides going to inaugurate and dedicate to the federation assorted improvement projects worthy astir ₹12,930 crore successful Meerut.
PM Modi volition besides code the gathering connected the occasion, according to a connection issued by the Prime Minister’s Office.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the flagging-off ceremonial of the Namo Bharat bid and Meerut Metro services. Photo: YouTube/@NarendraModi via PTI.
The Prime Minister dedicated to the federation the full 82 Km Delhi Meerut Namo Bharat corridor and inaugurated the remaining sections of India's archetypal Namo Bharat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), which see the 5 km conception betwixt Sarai Kale Khan and New Ashok Nagar successful Delhi and the 21 km conception betwixt Meerut South and Modipuram successful Uttar Pradesh.
With a plan velocity of 180 km per hour, Namo Bharat is India’s archetypal determination accelerated transit system. It volition link large municipality centres specified arsenic Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Modinagar and Meerut with Delhi astatine a faster pace.
Sarai Kale Khan station, the originating presumption of the corridor, is 1 of the 4 Namo Bharat stations commissioned with this inauguration.
It is strategically located arsenic a large multi-modal hub, seamlessly connecting Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, Delhi Metro's pinkish line, Veer Haqeeqat Rai ISBT, and the ringing road.
The different 3 Namo Bharat stations — Shatabdi Nagar, Begumpul and Modipuram — being commissioned are successful Meerut.
The Prime Minister besides inaugurated the Meerut Metro services betwixt Meerut South and Modipuram, operating connected the aforesaid infrastructure arsenic Namo Bharat, successful a first-of-its-kind inaugural successful the country.
The Meerut Metro volition beryllium India's fastest metro strategy with a maximum operational velocity of astir 120 kmph. The metro volition screen the full agelong successful conscionable 30 minutes, with each scheduled stoppages en route.
This seamless integration of Namo Bharat and Meerut Metro connected the aforesaid infrastructure volition guarantee high-speed intercity question and swift intra-city movement, mounting a benchmark for integrated municipality and determination transit successful India.
It volition decongest roadworthy postulation and consequently pb to a important simplification successful vehicular c dioxide emissions.
These projects volition supply further impetus to the premier minister's imaginativeness of transforming municipality mobility and ensuring seamless, efficient, modern and sustainable nationalist transport systems that amended easiness of surviving for citizens, the connection said.
