Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the much-awaited Pune Metro Rail Project on Sunday.
The Pune Metro project is an endeavour to provide world-class infrastructure for urban mobility in Pune. The foundation stone of the project was also laid by the Prime Minister on 24 Dec 2016.
Modi inaugurated the 12 km stretch of the total 32.2 km Pune metro rail project. The entire project is being built at a total cost of more than Rs 11,400 crore.
He also inaugurated and inspect an exhibition at Garware Metro Station and undertook a metro ride from there to Anandnagar Metro Station.
During the ride of about 10 mins, he also spoke to students.
The metro stretches that were opened were Vanaz - Garware College (5 km elevated stretch with 5 stations) and PCMC - Phugewadi stretch (7 km elevated stretch with 5 stations).
Significantly, Prime Minister bought the first ticket of the Pune Metro before commencing his ride from Garware station to Anand Nagar.
Pune Metro Rail Project was sanctioned by the Government of India in 2016 and the Foundation Stone was laid by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 26th December 2016.
The Metro will greatly improve urban mobility in the Pune Metropolitan area, which is among the fastest-growing urban areas in the country.
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Published 06 March 2022, 06:43 IST