Chennai Metro rolled out for the first time on
Monday when Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who was connected through
a video conference from her office pressed a button signalling the flag off. It
was a 28-Year-Old Woman who hogged the limelight Today as she was behind the
wheels the metro train started.
Preethi
who holds a deplamo in Engineering quit her job after making her mind to join
the Chennai Metro. She underwent a training process for about one-and-a-half
year to emerge as the first women to be selected to drove the Chennai Metro
Train. Speaking to media, Her Father R Anbu said his daughter is very excited
and her dream of becoming a loco pilot of metro rail has come true Today.
Chennai
Metro Rail reached Koyambedu from Alandur metro station (a 10 km stretch)
within 18 minutes. This Metro Rail will have four coaches and the total
capacity is 1,276 passengers.
Phase 1
of Chennai Metro Rail covering a 45 km stretch have two corridors and it costs
Rs 16,500 crore. By the end of 2015, Phase 2 connecting Chennai Central and
St.Thomas Mount will be ready
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