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The Agra Metro Rail Project inaugurated

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So, can we say that the next time you decide to grab your bag and your spouse, you will get to roam around the city in the metro? Seems very near and sounds good. Last time when I visited Agra to see The Cemetery of Mumtaz Mahal, popularly called The Taj Mahal, with my spouse, I had little chance to think about the wheres and hows of reaching there, plus a place to stay, since we were thronged by The State-Licensed Travel Assistants, as they called themselves. Though we were a bit confused and doubtful of him, we had no other choice and had to go after seeing his price sheet. Maybe the next time you go, you won't see any such people who are more than happy to help you. The BJP-led state government has started to work on the Agra metro project which costs more than Rs. 8,379 crores (think how luxurious a palace you can build for yourself with this). The Phase I was inaugurated virtually on 7th December 2020 by PM Narendra Modi. The project covers a distance of 29.4 km and has two co