Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the significant expansion of India's Metro network, noting that the infrastructure has grown from 248 kilometers across just 5 cities in 2014 to nearly 1,200 kilometers serving 26 cities currently. The expansion represents a nearly five-fold increase in Metro coverage over a 12-year period.
The Prime Minister emphasized that over one crore (10 million) people now travel by Metro every day, creating substantial urban mobility benefits including reduced traffic congestion time, increased family time for commuters, enhanced productivity, and better economic opportunities. Modi characterized this infrastructure development as part of the government's broader transformation agenda for urban India, specifically mentioning that cities like Pune would have faced decades-long waits for Metro connectivity if pre-2014 expansion pace had continued.
The statement was made through the Prime Minister's official social media account on November 5, 2026, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav commemorative events. The release was distributed by the Press Information Bureau and received significant public engagement with nearly a thousand visitor counts and availability in 14 regional languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil.