Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the brand new Metro lines 27A and 7 in Mumbai, the first of several inaugurations planned on his visit.
The 35 km long elevated metro corridor from Andheri to Dahisar has been built at an estimated cost of ₹12,600 crore.
Modi flagged off the metro lines in the presence of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, among others.
CM Shinde even took this opportunity to take a dig at the MVA, who he claimed tried to stop the development works in Maharashtra.
"A few people wanted that PM Modi does not get to do this, but just the opposite is happening. MVA Govt had halted development works in Maharashtra," Shinde said at the inauguration event.
Other projects green-lit by Modi
The PM also laid the foundation stones of seven sewage treatment plants, road concretisation project in Mumbai and redevelopment of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
