India has world’s third-largest metro network, says President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said India has the world’s third-largest metro network spanning over 1,000 km and emphasised that efforts to streamline urban transportation are underway.

Addressing a joint sitting of Parliament, which marked the start of the Budget session, Murmu said that



metro projects in Delhi, Pune, Thane and Bengaluru, along with the recently launched Namo Bharat Rapid Rail on the Ahmedabad-Bhuj route, are shaping the cities of a ‘Viksit Bharat’.

To accelerate the journey towards ‘Viksit Bharat’, it is essential to make Indian cities future-ready, she said.