PM Modi to inaugurate Kanpur Metro Rail Project; Also to attend 54th IIT Convocation Ceremony on 28th Dec

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 27, Dec 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kanpur tomorrow and inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project.

During the programme, Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project. Prior to this, Mr. Modi will attend the 54th Convocation Ceremony of IIT Kanpur.

The completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project is 9 Km-long section from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel. Prime Minister will inspect the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and undertake a metro ride from IIT metro station to Geeta Nagar. The entire length of the Metro Rail Project in Kanpur is 32 Km, and is being built at a cost of over 11,000 crore rupees. Prime Minister will inaugurate the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project also. The 356 Km long project has a capacity of around 3.45 million metric tonnes per annum. Extending from Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh to Panki in Kanpur, the project has been built at a cost of over Rs 1500 crore. It will help the region access petroleum products from the Bina refinery.

Prime Minister will be the Chief Guest of the 54th Convocation of IIT Kanpur. During the convocation, all the students will be issued digital degrees through an in-house blockchain-driven technology developed at the Institute under the National Blockchain Project. Prime Minister will launch the blockchain-based digital degrees. These digital degrees can be verified globally and are unforgeable.

Sources : News On Air