He said, as compared to 200 kilometer long Metro line in 10-12 years before 2014, 400 kilometer long Metro line has been operationalized in last 6 years alone. Government is working on 1000-kilometer new lines in 27 cities.
The Prime Minister lamented the absence of integrated modern thinking earlier. There was no national policy for Metro. As a result, there was no uniformity in technique and systems of Metro in different cities. Second lacuna was absence of linkage with the rest of the transport system of the city. There was no complementarity and synergy among the modes of transportation. Today transportation is being developed as an integrated system in these cities, in which Metro will not function in isolation but will work as a collective system.
This integration will be taken further by the recently launched National Common Mobility card, asserted the Prime Minister.
