PM Modi to inaugurate Kanpur Metro section today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Kanpur on Tuesday to inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail project and the Bina-Panki multi-product pipeline project, the PMO said on Sunday.
He will also address the 54th convocation of IIT-Kanpur.
Noting that improving urban mobility is one of the prime focus areas of the Prime Minister, the PMO said that the Metro project is another step in this direction.
This nine kilometer long stretch has been completed from IIT-Kanpur to Moti Jheel.
Modi will also inspect the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and take a Metro ride from IIT Metro Station to Geeta Nagar.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the entire length of the project in Kanpur is 32 km and is being built at a cost of over Rs 11,000 crore.
The 356 km long Bina-Panki project has a capacity of about 3.45 million metric tonnes per annum. The project, spanning from Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh to Panki in Kanpur, has cost over Rs 1,500 crore.
The PMO said it would help the region access petroleum products from Bina refinery.
At the IIT convocation, where he is the chief guest, students will be issued digital degrees through an in-house blockchain-powered technology developed at the institute under the National Blockchain Project.
Prime Minister will launch blockchain-based digital degrees.
These digital degrees can be verified globally, it said.
(with inputs from PTI)
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