 "Lucknow Metro")
Lucknow Metro Rail, one of the flagship projects of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, is just a step away from its maiden commercial run after receiving a technical clearance from the Railways Ministry on Thursday.
The ministry approved a speed limit of up to 80 kilometres per hour (kmph) for the metro. Earlier, the Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) had oscillation trials to check if the Lucknow Metro could run safely after clocking a speed of 80 kmph.
Yadav had in November last year inaugurated the trial run of the metro that was supposed to begin commercial
