Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the much-awaited Pune Metro line interlinking Shivajinagar District Court and Swargate on 29 September, Sunday. The announcement was shared by local MP and Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol. The prime ministers will inaugurate the Metro corridor virtually and will also lay the foundation stone for the Swaraj-Katraj Metro stretch, further widening Pune’s transportation infrastructure.
PM Modi’s Pune visit was called off
PM Modi was supposed to visit Pune and flag the Metro Corridor and was also scheduled to launch other development projects worth Rs 22,600 crore on Thursday. However, intense heavy downpours in the city resulted in the cancellation of the event. Even the venue at SP College ground was affected because of heavy rains. The preparations at the SP College ground which was the venue of the launch were affected because of heavy rains. The project is going to benefit Pune’s growing urban population.
Political reaction to the event
The NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule shared her reaction on the cancellation that PM Modi should choose an online inauguration. Sule also highlighted that he had already done this multiple times for the same project. Meanwhile, Pune NCP (SP) chief Prashant Jagtap criticized the delay in the inauguration of the new Metro route and alleged the government of postponing the launch only for PM Modi to launch the line. Jagtap even threatened that if the government failed to launch the new metro line then Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders would open it to the public on Friday.