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IN PICS: PM Modi flags off Pune Metro Pink Line, lays foundation stone for Rs 13,500-crore Phase-II projects
Updated On: 03 November, 2026 04:29 PM IST | Divya Nair
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pune Metro's 23-km Pink Line connecting Maan to District Court and laid the foundation stone for four Phase-II corridors. The projects, together worth around Rs 21,800 crore, will expand Metro connectivity across Pune. PICS/X and PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flags off Pune Metro's Pink Line on Tuesday

PM Modi on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of Pune Metro projects worth around Rs 21,800 crore through video conferencing. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also participated in the programme

He inaugurated Pune Metro Line-3, also known as the Pink Line, built at a cost of over Rs 8,300 crore. Spanning approximately 23 kilometres, the Pink Line connects Maan to District Court Metro station

The corridor will provide Metro connectivity between the Hinjewadi IT hub and Shivajinagar, improving access to one of Pune''s major employment centres and facilitating the daily commute of thousands of IT professionals and other commuters

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of Phase-II of Pune Metro, to be developed at an estimated cost of around Rs 13,500 crore. Phase-II comprises Pune Metro Lines 2A, 2B, 4 and 4A, which will substantially expand the city''s Metro network and strengthen connectivity across important residential, commercial and IT hubs

Meanwhile, speaking during the programme, Fadnavis highlighted the green features of the newly inaugurated Pune Metro Line 3 and said that the corridor would generate 30 per cent of its energy requirements on its own.

Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Ajit Pawar, Union Ministers Manohar Lal, Murlidhar Mohol, state ministers Chandrakant Patil and Madhuri Misal, Member of Parliament (MP) Shrirang Appa Barne, local legislators, Pune Mayor Manjusha Nagpure and Pimpri-Chinchwad Mayor Ravi Landge, along with other dignitaries, attend the Pune Metro inauguration and foundation-stone ceremony on Tuesday.
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