As PM Modi to lay foundation stone for Swargate-Katraj Metro

The demand for an additional metro station at Balajinagar has intensified, and politicians across party lines are endorsing the plan, as the foundation stone laying event of the proposed underground metro stretch between Swargate and Katraj is scheduled on Sunday.

The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) had originally proposed three stations Market Yard, Padmawati, and Katraj.

Despite Dhankawadi, Balajinagar and Bharati Vidyapeeth areas having high population density no metro station was proposed here.

Earlier in August, the Union cabinet approved the Swargate to Katraj underground line extension of the existing PCMC-Swargate Metro Line of the Pune Metro Phase-I project.

Chief minister Eknath Shinde, deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar will remain present at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch during the inauguration event.

PM Modi will also inaugurate various other projects in Maharashtra worth over ₹11,200 crore at around 12:30 pm through video conferencing.