Railway Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the first phase of East-West Metro in Kolkata

About:

• The passenger's services in this 5.8 Kilometers stretch will run between Salt Lake’s Sector five and Salt Lake Stadium. The remaining 10.6 Kilometers starches of East-West Metro will be completed by December 2021.
• More than 2,400 crore rupees have been spent for the first phase of East-West Metro. On completion, it will connect two old cities Kolkata and Howrah.
• It will be Country’s first underwater train lines where trains will play in tunnels under river Hooghly.