The trial run of the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s much publicised Lucknow Metro was flagged off by his daddy Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav even as BSP leader Mayawati alleged the job was completed to gain cheap popularity ahead of surveys. The event was held at Transport Nagar depot for the trial run up to Charbagh railway station, a distance of 8.5 kilometers.
Addressing the gathering, Akhilesh said it was a challenge to start the project on time, and added that they have “set an example before the country”. “Metro was not in our manifesto but we initiated the project. The work for the same has also been started in Ghaziabad, between Greater Nodia and Noida, and also in Kanpur. If we come to power again, we will start work in Varanasi too,” he said.
