Petition filed against Agra Metro Project that PM Modi inaugurated, hearing on Dec 21

Agra | Tuesday | 15th December, 2020

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Agra: The Agra Metro Rail Project that Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated through videoconferencing earlier this month has run into another trouble.

A former member of the UP Legislative Council has filed a petition against the construction of the metro yard.

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Agra: The Agra Metro Rail Project that Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated through videoconferencing earlier this month has run into another trouble.

A former member of the UP Legislative Council has filed a petition against the construction of the metro yard.

Bachchu Babu, the former UP legislator and a lawyer, moved the court of the Agra civil judge claiming that the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) grounds where the yard is being constructed was illegally occupied and that the title of the land still belongs to the Rangji Maharaj Temple Trust.

The petitioner has sought immediate suspension of the construction of work on the Agra Metro Rail Project that is being done at the PAC grounds.

The project was inaugurated by PM Modi on December 7.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also attended the event.

Earlier, the Agra Metro Rail Project had come to a halt hours after the drilling started due to an untraceable maze of underground pipelines and cables on the metro route.

T metro rail corporation is still contemplating on a way to restart drilling.