Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate three metro stretches—the Esplanade–Sealdah Green Line link, the Noapara–Jai Hind Bimanbandar Yellow Line airport connection and the Hemanta Mukhopadhyay–Beleghata Orange Line segment—along with a new subway at Howrah Metro station on August 22.
• Commissioner of Railway Safety Sumeet Singhal completed trolley runs and speed trials on the Dum Dum Cantonment–Jai Hind Bimanbandar Yellow Line stretch and granted mandatory safety clearance for passenger operations.
• The Sealdah–Esplanade section will close the final 2.6 km gap in the East–West Metro, creating a continuous 16.6 km corridor between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector V.
• Metro Railway Kolkata suspended services at New Garia after a RITES survey uncovered cracks in station pillars and has called tenders for a nine-month renovation of the Dakshineswar–New Garia route.
• Debate over the August 22 ceremony’s timing has left Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s attendance unconfirmed as parties trade electioneering accusations.