India, Aug. 22 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday shared a "nostalgic" post after three new metro routes were inaugurated in Kolkata. Mamata said she was part of the planning as well as the execution of the project while serving as the Railways Minister, and later as the chief minister of West Bengal.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new metro lines, which include the first-ever direct link to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

In a post on social media platform X, CM Banerjee said, "Expanding Metro infrastructure has been a long journey for me. Allow me some nostalgia today."

Banerjee said she was "fortunate" to have planned and sanctioned a series of metro railwa...