Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor The project has been built at a cost of over Rs 920 crore.
Stating that the project will make life easier for the commuters by helping them save time and cost, the Prime Minister said that Delhi has received a beautiful infrastructure gift from the Centre.
“Completing an Integrated Transit Corridor was no easy task. The project had to go through many hurdles including COVID-19. There is no dearth of people in our country who approach the judiciary, disrupting the process of such projects. But it is New India that makes new resolutions and strives to fulfill them. I congratulate and thank the engineers who completed the project in a coordinated manner, and also those who worked on it. did. PM Modi,
The Prime Minister also said that people faced difficulties in ITO, “When I have events, I tell my SPG plan before 5 am or after 10 pm so that people do not suffer. ”
Modi also praised the artwork inside the tunnel, which had value addition, and suggested that if no vehicles could be allowed into the tunnel for 4 to 6 hours on Sundays and school students were shown the art gallery Is.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi picks up garbage in the newly commissioned ITPO tunnel under Pragati Maidan Integrate… https://t.co/SxE4tMFdpL
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Further, the Prime Minister said that in the last 8 years, the Delhi Metro network has been doubled and urged people to move to the Metro instead of using private vehicles.
The main tunnel connects Ring Road to India Gate via Purana Qila Road passing through Pragati Maidan. The six-lane divided tunnel serves multiple purposes, including access to Pragati Maidan’s spacious basement parking.
It is equipped with latest global standard features like smart fire management, modern ventilation and automatic drainage, digitally controlled CCTV and public announcement system inside the tunnel.