Pune, Metro Rail News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit Pune yesterday and lay the foundation stone for the Pune Metro Line 3. The PM also addresses a public meeting.
The 23.3 km Pune metro line 3 will connect the IT hub at Hinjewadi with Shivajinagar and have 23 stations. It is the first metro project in India on public-private-partnership (PPP) model after the New Metro Rail Policy of 2017.
@narendramodi lays foundation stone for Pune Metro Line 3 @Dev_Fadnavis @PrakashJavdekar @HardeepSPuri@MinGirishBapat pic.twitter.com/QAz9oOPfmT
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The PM will be accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The PM will lay the foundation stone for the Pune Metro Rail Phase 3, to be developed at a cost of Rs 8,313 crore, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Sports complex at Balewadi.
Before visiting Pune, the PM laid the foundation stone for two metro corridors – Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan (Metro 5) and the Dahisar-Mira Bhayander (Metro 9). Months ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Navi Mumbai town planning authority CIDCO’s mass-housing scheme worth Rs 18,000 crore.
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