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♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat Train at Shatabdi Nagar Namo Bharat Station in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on 22 February 2026. ♦ He dedicated to the Nation entire 82 Km Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor and inaugurated the remaining sections of India’s first Namo Bharat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). ♦ With a design speed of 180 km per hour, Namo Bharat is India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System connecting major urban centres such as Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Modinagar and Meerut with Delhi at a faster pace. ♦ Later, Prime Minister Modi also inaugurated and dedicated to the nation various development projects worth around 12,930 crore rupees in Meerut.