Kolkata's Life Line Extending its Wings

摘要

With a view to alleviating the hardship of the people of Kolkata and to ease the traffic congestion, the foundation stone of India's first Metro was laid on 29th December, 1972 and construction work of this project started in 1973-74. India's first Metro became a reality on October 24,1984 with the commissioning of a partial commercial service covering a distance of 3.40 kms with five stations between Esplanade and Bhawanipur (now Netaji Bhavan). The services from Dum Dum to Tollygunj (Now Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) stretch of this North -South axis was introduced on September 27,1995.