Pune, December 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the third line of the Pune Metro rail project at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Sports complex in Balewadi on Sunday.

As per to the plan, the 23.3 km stretch would connect city’s bustling information technology quarter in Hinjewadi with the equally heavy traffic Shivajinagar area. For this project, Rs. 8,313 crore has been estimated, and it would be developed by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA). PM Narendra Modi to Visit Maharashtra Tomorrow to Inaugurate Various Development Projects.

Confirming the arrival of PM Modi in the city, a BJP leader said, as reported by The Hindu, “It is an important occasion for the development of Pune. More than 30,000 party workers and constituents from Pune district’s four Lok Sabha segments and 11 Assembly segments – eight in Pune city and three in Pimpri-Chinchwad – are expected to be present at the event.”

The leader informed that the Premier would arrive in the city by evening after attending a number of programmes in Mumbai and Kalyan in the day. This is the fourth visit of PM Modi in the city after becoming the Premier. Also, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Pune Metro rail project, just ahead of the crucial civic polls in 2016.

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