Tamil Nadu government announced on Thursday that the passenger services in the first underground stretch of Chennai Metro will commence by the end of this year. Metro Rail services in Chennai was inaugurated last year between Koyambedu and Alandur, a 10.15 km elevated stretch. I hope that these efforts will strengthen the Metro Rail network in Chennai, thereby providing a world-class public transport system." "This government will expedite the proposal for Phase-II of the metro Rail covering two more corridors for a stretch of 104.50 km. "The passenger services in the first underground stretch will also commence by the end of this year," he said, adding that substantial progress has been achieved in the implementation of Phase-I of the project.

Source: dna July 21, 2016 13:30 UTC