India, Aug. 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate three metro routes in Kolkata on August 22, including a section of India's first underwater metro.

Union minister Sukanta Majumdar called the inauguration of the metro projects a "historic gift" for West Bengal ahead of Durga Puja.

According to an X post by Majumdar, Modi will inaugurate the Sealdah-Esplanade section of the Green Line.

With this, the Green Line, touted as India's first underwater metro, will become fully operational, connecting Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector 5, and the Kolkata airport will also get a metro link.

The inauguration function will be held at the Jessore Road metro station of the Yellow Line in the northern suburbs of the city

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