Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 15 (HBTV): The newly-inaugurated India's first underwater metro line began public operations in West Bengal's capital Kolkata on Friday with commuters seen queuing up for the first ride on the country's first-ever train ride under water. 

People were seen clapping and raising 'Vande Bharat' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogans as they travelled in the country's first underwater metro train, an engineering marvel. 

A train began its journey from the Howrah Maidan station on the East-West metro corridor of Kolkata at 7 am today. Simultaneously another train started from Esplanade station at the same time. 

The Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of the Kolkata's metropolitan transportation network is situated beneath the Hooghly River. The under-river section of the tunnel is 520 meters long. 

Metro Railway Kolkata posted on social media platform X. It stated: ‘First commercial #Metro service entering newly inaugurated #Majerhat station of #PurpleLine this morning.’     

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