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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the Pune Metro line on Sunday, September 29. Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol said the Prime Minister would inaugurate the metro line between Shivajinagar district court and Swargate in Pune. Besides inaugurating the corridor, Prime Minister Modi will also lay the foundation of the Swargate-Katraj Metro section on Sunday, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation added.

“Hon. PM Shri. Narendra Modi ji will inaugurate the Shivajinagar District Court-Swargate section of the Pune Metro and virtually lay the foundation stone of the Swargate-Katraj section, on September 29,” Mohol said on X.

Inauguration postponed due to weather in Pune

Notably, preparations were underway at the SP College ground in Pune for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Thursday (September 26), but heavy rains disrupted the event, leading to the cancellation of the planned visit of the Prime Minister. Following the cancellation, Supriya Sule, working president of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) and MP from Baramati, looked into the situation. She suggested that Prime Minister Modi could do the inauguration of the Pune Metro line online, noting that he had inaugurated the “same” project several times in the past.

However, his colleague and Pune NCP (SP) leader Prashant Jagtap had struck a belligerent note, warning that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders would open the Civil Tribunal-Swargate metro line to the public on Friday if the government does not didn’t do it. Jagtap claimed that the metro line remained closed despite being ready only because the government was waiting for the prime minister to inaugurate it.

It is worth mentioning here that the Prime Minister’s visit was initially planned for the inauguration of a new section of the Pune Metro, among other engagements. However, unexpected downpours posed logistical problems, leading to the cancellation on Thursday.

(With PTI inputs)

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