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PM to inaugurate metro line, AIIMS facility in Nagpur

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Press Trust of India Nagpur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will inaugurate several projects here including a new segment of the city's Metro network.

Maha Metro managing director Brijesh Dixit said Modi will flag off the first run of the 11-kilometre 'Aqua' section of Nagpur Metro.

The line will operate from Lokmanya Tilak Nagar to Sitabuldi stations.

To start with, the line will have four stations, namely, Subhash Nagar, Lokmanya Nagar, Institute of Engineers and Sitabuldi East West, he added.

The prime minister will also inaugurate, at a function at Mankapur Indoor Stadium, an Outpatient Department (OPD) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and a health centre, civic officials said.

 

He will also launch a national-level pension scheme for traders and shopkeepers.

Modi will also lay the foundation stone of Nagpur- Umred and Gondkhairi-Dhapewada national highway segments, the officials said.

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First Published: Sep 06 2019 | 4:35 PM IST

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