Kolkata, June 6 -- Accusing the preceding Trinamool Congress government of stalling development work, Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday directed the city metro railway authorities to expedite the work relating to the under-construction New Garia-Airport Metro,The Minister, who inspected the chingrihata area where the girder launching works were completed recently, took on the former TMC regime for keeping the project stalled for a long period.
"Kolkata Metro is a very important infrastructure for the residents of Kolkata. It makes a big difference in the lives of common citizens, specially for the lower income and middle class families," pointed out the minister.
Underscoring the slow progress of the city metro in the past yea...