PM opens the Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch of Chennai Metro Phase II, says metro now runs in twenty-five cities

11 October 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones for, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation development projects worth over ₹13,000 crore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 11 October 2026.
The programme centred on the 14.6-kilometre Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch, the first operational section of the 118.9-kilometre Chennai Metro Phase II; the PM said he had dedicated another stretch of the Chennai Metro to the public.
He said metro services ran in five cities in 2014 and now run in twenty-five cities, and that the network has grown from approximately 250 kilometers to over 1,100 kilometers.
He laid the foundation for an advanced lubricant base oil project and referred to a decision to invest approximately seventeen thousand crore rupees to make Thoothukudi's VOC Port a mega container and green energy hub.
The package included highway works on NH-744 and NH-744A, the Karaikal-Peralam railway line and port projects at Chennai, V O Chidambaranar and Kamarajar ports.
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay was with him; the PM also visited the brain research centre at IIT Madras.