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Major Rail And Metro Projects Inaugurated This Year
In India : 2017
FUTURE WITH IN BETTER
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND
SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE
02 May 2017
The second phase of Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon launched by the
Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar
17 Jun 2017
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates Namma Metro’s Green
Line
17 Jun 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the Kochi Metro
14 Jul 2017
India’s First 1600 HHP Solar DEMU Train Launched by Indian
Railways
Image Credit: ED Edge
05 Sep 2017
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh & UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath Flags Off The Lucknow Metro | Here is Everything You
Need To Know
14 Sep 2017
PM Modi and Japanese PM Abe lay foundation stone for India’s
first High Speed Rail project
28 Nov 2017
PM Modi Inaugurated the Hyderabad Metro
25 Dec 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches 12 km Stretch Of Delhi
Metro’s Magenta Line
W
ith the Indian Transportation Network
growing ever larger, The Economic Times
saw the need to cultivate a platform for
industry
big-wigs,
environmentalists,
researchers, transport industries and various
stakeholders to discuss the greenhouse gas effect
to address environmental issues and decrease their
dependence on oil as a source of fuel.The Economic
Times Smart Mobility Summit 2017, held at The Taj,
New Delhi, saw prominent industry experts aimed to
lay down a blueprint for the future, driven by innovation
and the vision to provide cleaner, safer and faster
transportation infrastructure.
The initiative retorted with resolutions for the
transportation sector that requires constant
restructuring and new age solutions. With a strong
bequest established with the past summits on
Transportation, ET Edge continues to fuel the nation’s
growth with visionaries across Industries, likeAmitabh
Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, Greg Moran, Co-Founder &
CEO, Zoomcar, Vikramjiet Roy, Managing Director,
Maccaferri India, Dr Kamal Soi, Member at National
Road Safety Council - Ministry of Road Transport &
Highways& several others for the said summit.
Commenting on the summit, Deepak Lamba,
President, Times Strategic Solutions, said,“The
objective is to create the largest and most relevant
forum in the country that creates the effective platform
for discussing issue pertaining to transportation
network of the country. It also aims to bring the
government together with private players, corporates
and consultants for the betterment of the nation. This
indication of significant challenges requires a crucial
address that will be initiated at summit, which brings
together all key note speakers on a shared platform to
discuss optimal solutions.”
Highlighting the efforts undertaken by the Government
to take the transportation infrastructure in the country
to the next level Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayogsaid,