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She said there will be two stations in the 5.2 km long alignment beyond Dum Dum. The stations, Noapara and Baranagar would be named as Ma Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekanda.
In the second phase the line will be extended up to Dakshineswar. Later, it will be extended till Barrackpore while it would be extended up to Barasat via Airport from Noapara, she said. The minister said she has plans to connect Kapilmuni Ashram at Sagar Islands to Kalyani in Nadia through railways.
With the extension of Metro up to Baranagar, a huge area in the northern fringes of the city will be connected with New Garia in the extreme south. At present, due to traffic congestion, it takes about three hours from New Garia to Baranagar. Once the project is completed, the travel time will come down to 50 minutes.
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