In Uttar Pradesh, construction work for first phase of Kanpur Metro will start today. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will launch the civil work of the Kanpur Metro Rail project today. Union Minister of State for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri will also be present at the inaugural ceremony at the auditorium of IIT, Kanpur.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, 32.2 kilometres long two corridors will be built under the Kanpur Metro project. The first corridor is from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel and the second corridor is from CSA to Barra-8. <br />''<br />''The Priority Section, which is expected to be completed in two years, comprises 9 elevated metro stations between IIT- Kanpur and Moti Jheel. The work on other sections would be taken up in subsequent phases. <br />''<br />''A number of cities in Uttar Pradesh are set to get their own metro rail systems in the coming years, with Agra and Kanpur metros already having received approval from the Centre. Metros for Meerut, Gorakhpur and Varanasi are in various stages of planning.<br />