Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Meerut Metro and dedicated the entire 82 km Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor to the nation. With a design speed of 180 kmph, India’s first regional rapid transit system connects Delhi with Ghaziabad, Modinagar and Meerut, boosting high-speed urban mobility

On Friday, members of the Indian Youth Congress staged a protest inside New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam during the high-profile summit, raising slogans against PM Modi and the Central government over alleged “unemployment, inflation and the reported India-US trade deal”