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Various metro projects across the country inaugurated this week: PM Modi

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New Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said four metro projects have been inaugurated across the country this week, foundation of another has been laid and one more section of Delhi Metro in Noida will be inaugurated on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday flagged off the commercial run on Lucknow Metro’s 23-km North-South corridor through video conference from Kanpur and in Ghaziabad inaugurated the 9.63-km-long Dilshad Garden-New Bus Adda section, an extension of the Delhi Metro’s Red Line.

Modi also laid the foundation stone for Agra Metro Rail project.

The Prime Minister enumerated the number of metro projects inaugurated by him or in the offing, a tweet in Hindi by the PMO, quoting him said.

Today, Lucknow and Ghaziabad metro projects are being inaugurated, and foundation stone being laid of Agra metro, he said.

“Tomorrow, a metro section in Noida will be inaugurated. Yesterday Nagpur Metro was opened, and this week Ahmedabad Metro also got inaugurated,” Modi said.

On Monday, he had inaugurated a 6.5-km stretch of phase one of the Ahmedabad Metro train service in that city.

After inaugurating the stretch, connecting Vastral to Apparel park area, Modi had also taken a ride in the metro.

On Thursday, he had addressed a gathering in Nagpur via video conferencing after inaugurating the 13.5 km first phase of Nagpur Metro connecting Khapri-Sitaburdi areas in the city.

On Saturday, Modi will inaugurate the 6.6-km Noida City Centre-Noida Electronic City section, an extension of the Delhi Metro’s Blue Line, officials said Friday.

The completely elevated section with six stations — Sector 34, Sector 52, Sector 61, Sector 59, Sector 62 and Noida Electronic City — will benefit the people of Noida and connect the satellite city with the national capital.

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Devendra Fadnavis distributes farmland certificates to kin of martyrs

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Mumbai | Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday distributed farmland certificates to family members of martyrs, including jawans killed during India-Pakistan wars.

He also paid rich tributes to the martyrs and hailed their valour.

“The government stands firmly behind the families of martyrs. Lending them a helping hand is the government’s responsibility,” Fadnavis said.

At a function organised on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the chief minister met mothers and wives of slain jawans at Sahyadri state guest house, where he handed over the farmland certificates to them.

“The lives of jawans who sacrifice themselves for the country can never be compensated monetarily.

“However, the state government has decided that apart from a financial compensation, the families of martyred jawans will get lands in their own district, which could be used for farming purpose,” Fadnavis said.

The chief minister added that Friday, family members of seven martyred jawans from Raigad district were given farmland certificates.

Every district in the state will be covered under the government’s efforts to rehabilitate and support such families, he said.

The jawans, whose families were provided certificates are – Raghunath Sawant, Vithoba Sawant, Nathuram Kasare, Prakash Sawant, Kushaba Jadhav, Nilesh Tuntune and Dhondu Yadav.

These jawans lost their lives in different military actions – Indo-Pak wars (1965, 1971), Operation Rakshak I & II and the Second World War (1939 to 1945).

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