Concerned over the rapid spread of the Corona epidemic in many states of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet today with the Chief Ministers of various states. The Chief Ministers will also be joined by senior officials of the states. Not only this, he will also discuss the scheme to be followed for distribution of Corona vaccine. This meeting will take place through video conference. According to sources, it will also include Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Even before this, PM has held a meeting regarding this issue.

PM Modi will hold a meeting with the Chief Ministers of these states

The Prime Minister will be meeting with the Chief Ministers of the 8 states most affected by Corona in the country today, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Haryana, Gujarat, Kerala and Chhattisgarh. These states have seen a sudden surge in corona cases in the past. According to the information, Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with these Chief Ministers will take place between 10.30 am and 12 noon.

There is also a meeting about the Corona vaccine

Apart from the Chief Ministers of eight states, PM Modi will also hold another meeting. Corona vaccine will be discussed in this second important meeting. In this meeting, PM Modi will discuss the distribution of corona vaccine with the Chief Ministers of all the states.

More than 100 deaths in Delhi for fourth consecutive day

The condition of Corona in Delhi is continuously deteriorating. More than a hundred patients have died here for the fourth consecutive day. On Monday, 4,454 new cases were reported here. But 121 patients died in the last 24 hours. Corona seems uncontrollable in Delhi due to increase in death toll from Corona.

Meanwhile, night curfew has been imposed in cities of many states of the country amid the uncontrollable conditions of Corona. These states include Gujarat and Rajasthan. Night curfew in Ahmedabad has been extended till 7 December. The curfew will be from 9 am to 6 am. Apart from this, marriage and any religious affair will not be allowed in Gujarat. The Gujarat government has allowed 100 people to attend weddings, receptions and other ceremonies, besides 50 people have been allowed to attend the last rites.

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With this, another chapter will be added in the history of Kolkata city. In the first phase, a 6-km long line is going to be started .  After completion of construction of the second phase, this metro service will travel 15 kilometers between Salt Sector 5 to Howrah Maidan.

Minimum rent of five and maximum 30 rupees

According to the table, passengers will have to pay Rs 5 for up to 2 km, Rs 10 for 5 km, Rs 20 for 10 km and Rs 30 for up to 16.5 km. Kolkata created history by launching the country’s first metro service in the 20th century .  Now the cycle will continue in the 21st century . The first metro rail service in Kolkata started in 1984. Kolkata East-West Metro will be the second metro service in this city .  The construction of the first face has been completed which is being commissioned for the people of Kolkata today. Kolkata city is in dire need of more transport system and Kolkata will greatly benefit from this metro transport system. This metro line will connect Sealdah to Howrah with some major stations in the city. Sealdah station is estimated to have about 1.5 million passengers a day, with Howrah likely to be slightly less crowded.

Piyush Goyal will inaugurate

Kolkata Metro Railway is one of the 17 areas identified under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Unlike the metro projects that are going on in many states, this is a central government undertaking. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will inaugurate this metro service on 13 February and will be opened to the general public from 14 February. Now, 35 years later, the people of Kolkata are going to get the gift of another metro service as another route East West, which will be inaugurated by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday evening. In the first phase, the first metro will run between Saltlake Sector Five to Saltlake Stadium for 5.3 km. The automated state-of-the-art metro rack will currently be run by Motorman.

Till now it took about one and a half hours to cover the above distance by road, but this journey will be completed in a total of 13 minutes with the start of metro. It is a new state-of-the-art metro with six coaches. Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo, Bengal Fire and Emergency Services (Independent Charge) and Forest Minister Sujit Basu, MP Kakli Ghosh Dastidar and Mayor of Legislature Krishna Chakraborty will be present in the program.

Metro train will run between six stations

According to sources, a total of 5.3 km from Sector 5 to Saltlake Stadium was completed in the first phase under the East West Metro project last year. Subsequently, CRS inspected the metro station Sector-5, Karunamayi, Central Park, City Center, Bengal Chemical, Saltlake Stadium stations prepared in the first phase and looked at other technical nuances including passenger safety, convenience. After inspection, CRS had set the deadline for the inauguration by 30 November, but the inaugural event was postponed due to political interference and technical problems.

Passengers will get East West Metro service from 8 am to 8 pm. Initially trains will run in intervals of 20 minutes. It will be decided to run trains in short time distance as passenger numbers increase. At the moment, the automatic state-of-the-art rack will be run by the motorman. For this, they have been given special training.

In the coming days, trains will be run without motormen. With the commencement of the first phase, the distance of 5.3 km to be covered in one and a half hours by road will be completed in a total of 13 minutes. On the other hand, preparations for starting the metro service from Saltlake Stadium to Phulbagan have also been started vigorously.

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