Modi opens a Chennai Metro stretch and launches projects over Rs 13,000 crore

This note is NP NOW. The stamp is verified. It was checked at 4:52 pm IST on 11 October 2026. It records two things from that day in Chennai: a metro stretch opened for commuters, and projects whose reported cost is over Rs 13,000 crore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, of TVK, opened the Poonamallee–Vadapalani stretch of Chennai Metro Phase II. The stretch runs 15 kilometres and has 11 stations. Reports put the cost at about Rs 4,900 crore. The two took a joint ride from Porur Bypass to Poonamallee and back. Commuters can use the stretch from 4 pm. The Hindu reports the flag-off, and its live file follows the visit. The New Indian Express, with PTI, and NDTV, with ANI, report the same opening and the same ride.

At IIT Madras, Modi launched projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore. "Launched" is the word for the whole package. The same accounts describe a mix of inaugurations, dedications and foundation stones. Each item is not given its own ceremony type in these accounts. The list is highways of about Rs 3,700 crore, rail projects of more than Rs 750 crore, three ports, the CPCL Manali lube-oil project, and the IIT Madras Brain Centre. The Times of India and India Today report the launches. PIB release PRID 2321671 is the schedule for the visit. The Hindu and the New Indian Express also carry the package. DD News described the Chennai programme as projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore.

The Chief Minister thanked the Prime Minister and put a list to the Centre. He asked for approval of Chennai Metro Phase III, metro projects in Coimbatore and Madurai, the Godavari–Cauvery link, Tamil in the Madras HC, and the release of pending Samagra Shiksha dues. The Times of India and India Today report those requests. The dues stay in this note as pending. Modi said the Centre would help keep Tamil Nadu growing. That is the sense of the reports. The material used here does not give those words as a quotation, so they are not set in quotation marks.

The list is the Chief Minister's requests. The opening, the ride, the 4 pm start for commuters, and the project package are what the named reports say happened on 11 October.

The post's caption records the same core. Projects of more than Rs 13,000 crore were launched in Chennai. The 15 km stretch, with 11 stations, was opened with the Chief Minister. A ride was taken. The caption also records his request for Phase III approval. The longer list is the one in The Times of India and India Today: Coimbatore, Madurai, the river link, Tamil in the Madras HC, and the pending education dues.

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