PM Modi inaugurates India's first fully-automated metro: In Pics
After the inaugration, some people got the oppertunity of being the first to make use of the train, following the COVID-19 pandemic safety guidelines- wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first driver-less metro train on the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line. This new train is fully automated thereby eliminating human error, officials said. The inauguration of the ground-breaking project took place today (December 28) through a virtual function.
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For the inauguration ceremony, the station was decorated with a red carpet and the train doors were decorated with garlands. This service is now available on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line which connects Janakpuri West in West Delhi to Botanical Garden in Noida. This will be extended to Delhi Metro's Pink Line by mid-2021.