AAMAR METRO

KOLKATA

PRESS RELEASE

HIS EXCELLENCY HIGH COMMISSIONER OF CANADA IN INDIA VISITED EAST-WEST METRO

Kolkata, Date: 11.12.2025

His Excellency Mr. Chris Cooter, High Commissioner of Canada in India has travelled in East-West Metro under the river Hooghly today i.e. o­n 11.12.2025. He along with his team of officials of the Canada High Commission accompanied by MD, KMRCL and other officials travelled up to Howrah station from New Esplanade station.

Shri Anuj Mittal, MD of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (KMRCL), and Principal Chief Engineer of Metro Railway and Shri Satyaki Nath, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Metro Railway and other officials of Metro Railway and KMRCL accompanied during this visit of his Excellency.

He was visibly pleased seeing the arrangements of underwater Metro. Officers of Metro Railway and KMRCL briefed him about the East-West Metro construction methods like tunnel boring etc and also the engineering challenges they had faced during the execution of this underwater Metro project.