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Delhi Metro Rail Completes 15 Years Of Its Journey As Public Transport Backbone Of The City
On Dec 25 , 2017 , When Prime Minister : Shri Narendra Modi launched the 12-km stretch of Delhi Metro ’ s Magenta Line with a ride between the Botanical Garden & the Okhla Bird Sanctuary stations , The Day would also mark 15 years since Delhi Metro ’ s journey began .
• Having constructed a massive network of 231 Kilometers with 173 metro stations in record time , the Delhi Metro Rail today stands out as a shining example of how a mammoth technically complex infrastructure project can be completed before time and within budgeted cost by a Government agency .
• The swanky & modern Metro system introduced comfortable , air conditioned & eco-friendly services for the first time in India & completely revolutionized the mass transportation scenario not only in the National Capital Region but the entire country .
About Delhi Metro-
History-
• Planning for the metro started in 1984 , when the DDA ( Delhi Development Authority ) & the Urban Arts Commission came up with a proposal for developing a MMTS ( Multi-Modal Transport System ) for the city .
• DMRC ( Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ) was incorporated in May 1995 , construction started in 1998 , and the first section , on the Red Line , opened in 2002 .
• The first line of the Delhi Metro was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee , then Prime Minister of India , on 24 December 2002 , and thus , it became the second underground rapid transit system in India , after the Kolkata Metro .
• The DMRC opened its first corridor between Shahdara & Tis Hazari on 25 December , 2002 .
• Subsequently , the first phase of construction worth 65 kilometres of Metro lines was finished 2 years & 9 months ahead of schedule in 2005 .
• Since then the DMRC has also completed the construction of another 125 kilometres of Metro corridors under the second phase in only 4 and a half years .