Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Modi to Launch Chennai Metro Stretch and Projects Worth ₹13,000 Crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Chennai on Sunday.
He is scheduled to open a new elevated part of the city’s Metro.
The stretch connects Poonamallee Bypass and Vadapalani and has 11 stations.
It is intended to give people another way to travel instead of using roads.
Passenger services are scheduled to start at 4 pm on Sunday.
The visit also includes projects for roads, railways, ports and petroleum.
At IIT Madras, Modi will dedicate a brain research centre and launch a project to map more than 100 human brains.
The announced projects are worth more than ₹13,000 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the 15-km Poonamallee–Vadapalani Chennai Metro stretch on Sunday.
The elevated Yellow Line section has 11 stations and cost around ₹4,900 crore.
Passenger services are scheduled to start at 4 pm Sunday, with regular operating hours beginning Monday.
The visit includes highway projects worth around ₹3,700 crore and railway projects worth more than ₹750 crore, alongside port, petroleum and research projects.
At IIT Madras, Modi will dedicate the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre and launch a mission to map more than 100 human brains.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- He is scheduled to inaugurate the Poonamallee–Vadapalani Metro stretch and launch or dedicate development projects worth more than ₹13,000 crore.
- When
- Sunday; passenger services on the new Metro section are scheduled to begin at 4 pm.
- Where
- Chennai, with other announced projects in Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- The Metro extension is intended to expand rapid-transit connectivity and offer an alternative to road travel along Chennai’s western corridor.
- Metro section
- Approximately 15 km, from Poonamallee Bypass to Vadapalani.
- Metro stations
- 11 stations.
- Metro construction cost
- Around ₹4,900 crore.
- Sunday service
- Scheduled to operate in both directions from 4 pm to 9 pm.
- Regular service hours
- From 7 am to 9 pm, starting Monday.
- Highway projects
- Around ₹3,700 crore.
- Railway projects
- More than ₹750 crore.
- Brain mapping mission
- Planned to map more than 100 human brains at cellular resolution across the lifespan.