India, Dec. 21 -- Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday asserted that India will soon surpass the US in terms of the length of the Metro rail network, which he said now carries 1.2 crore people across the country daily.

Currently, India is in the third position as far as the total length of Metro rail corridors is concerned, he said during a programme to inaugurate the 7-km first phase of the Bhopal Metro rail project.

"Bhopal has become the 26th city in the country to have Metro trains. In terms of the length of Metro lines, we rank third in the world with a network spanning 1,083 km. With the addition of today's 7 km, it will become a 1,090-km network," he said.

China tops the list, followed by the US, with a total Metro len...