Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in Delhi Metro on Sunday and interacted with passengers who also shared a ride with him. News agency ANI shared a visual of PM Modi interacting with people on his 73rd birthday. Following this he inaugurated the extension line of the Delhi Airport Metro.
#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels in Delhi Metro ahead of inaugurating the extension of Delhi Airport Metro Express line from Dwarka Sector 21 to a new metro station ‘YashoBhoomi Dwarka Sector 25’. pic.twitter.com/O3sKCNDcTK
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2023
One of the passengers took this opportunity to wish PM Modi on the occasion of his 73rd birthday. The passenger wished him in Sanskrit language.
#WATCH | A traveller in Delhi Metro wishes Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Sanskrit language on his 73rd birthday. pic.twitter.com/7inQ7Pt4Th
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2023
The Prime Minister then inaugurated the extension of the Delhi Airport Metro Express line from Dwarka Sector 21 to a new metro station ‘YashoBhoomi Dwarka Sector 25’. ANI shared a video of him inaugurating the extension.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the extension of Delhi Airport Metro Express line from Dwarka Sector 21 to a new metro station ‘YashoBhoomi Dwarka Sector 25’. pic.twitter.com/8qXxhwtp9i
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2023
After inaugurating the extension, PM Modi also interacted with the employees of the Delhi Metro.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with employees of the Delhi Metro after inaugurating the extension of the Delhi Airport Metro Express line from Dwarka Sector 21 to a new metro station ‘YashoBhoomi Dwarka Sector 25’. pic.twitter.com/g8D1UbESfh
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2023
The Prime Minister then also met with artisans and craftsmen related to the footwear industry, in the national capital.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets artisans and craftsmen related to the footwear industry, in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/x0OH7iqVwR
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2023
The extension that the Prime Minister inaugurated will be around two kilometres.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in a statement said, “Passenger operations on this new extension will be started from 3 pm on Sunday. With the addition of this section, the total length of the Airport Express line from New Delhi to YashoBhoomi Dwarka Sector-25 will become 24.9 kilometres.”
Sh. Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the extension of the Airport Express Line from Dwarka Sector – 21 to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector – 25 tomorrow, 17 September 2023. Passenger operations will be started from 3 PM onwards on the same day. pic.twitter.com/7mVPE7moOR
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) September 16, 2023
From today onwards, the Delhi Metro will increase the operational speed of the trains running on the Airport Express line from 90 kilometres per hour to 120 kilometres per hour. DMRC said that due to the increase in the operational speed, “The total journey from New Delhi to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector-25 will take about 21 minutes.