Through PTI
KOLKATA: Metro Railway Kolkata on Sunday night time mentioned it has invited Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee for the inauguration of the Sealdah metro station of the East-West Line, amid the talk over it.
The station is scheduled to be inaugurated by means of Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday just about from Howrah.
A proper invitation has been despatched to the Leader Minister’s Administrative center (CMO), and native TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and TMC MLAs Nayna Bandyopadhyay and Paresh Friend, a Metro Railway spokesperson informed PTI.
A supply at state secretariat Nabanna mentioned, the invitation has been gained however the leader minister could be travelling to northern West Bengal on Monday.
Hitting out on the BJP-led govt within the Centre, the ruling TMC mentioned the “last-minute” invitation was once precipitated by means of public drive.
“That is not anything however last-minute realisation by means of the Metro of its mistake within the face of mounting public complaint.
They knew in regards to the CM’s deliberate go back and forth to north Bengal, however nonetheless they organised the programme in order that she isn’t in a position to wait,” TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy claimed.
“We would like the carrier to begin as scheduled within the hobby of the folk,” he mentioned.
The Metro Railway Kolkata, the oldest within the nation, is part of the Indian Railways, not like the metro methods in different portions of India the place state governments have stakes within the working firms.
The BJP mentioned the TMC made a hue and cry over the problem in spite of realizing that such authentic invites do take time to succeed in the invitees.
“Nonetheless, none of our MLAs or MPs get invites to authentic purposes of the state govt. The TMC will have to hang a reflect to itself,” BJP’s nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh mentioned.
Industrial services and products on the swanky Sealdah metro station, connecting the IT hub of Sector 5, will start on July 15.
It is part of the East-West hall, part of which is constructed beneath the Hooghly river.
The brand new station is not going to most effective building up the ridership of the road, but in addition it’s going to be a boon for folks residing within the suburbs to succeed in the IT hub simply once you have down from native trains at Sealdah.
When finished, the hall will attach Howrah to Kolkata and Salt Lake.
The basis stone for the venture was once laid in February 2009 by means of then leader minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in presence of then Union minister Pranab Mukherjee.
It was once to start with scheduled to start out operations in October 2014, however has overlooked a number of closing dates.
