INDIA’s FIRST UNDER-WATER METRO INAUGURATED IN WEST BENGAL

KOLKATA, Mar. 6, 2024 (TBINN)

Rupees 4,965-crore Howrah Maidan-Esplanade Section of Kolkata Metro’s East-West Corridor, which has the first transportation tunnel “under any mighty river in India”, has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

This stretch also has the deepest metro station in the country — Howrah Metro Station.