New Delhi/Pune. Today i.e. on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Pune Municipal Corporation premises. In this regard, an official said that this statue is made of 1,850 kg ‘gunmetal’ and its length is about 9.5 feet.
Maharashtra | Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 12 km stretch of total 32.2 km Pune Metro Rail Project pic.twitter.com/YZWfVYTwB0
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In fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a one-day visit to Pune today. As a result of this, the Prime Minister, who arrived at Pune’s Lohgaon Airport at 11:00 am today, first unveiled a 9.5 feet high statue of Shivaji Maharaj, made of 1850 kg gun metal, installed in the Municipal Corporation, with his own hands.
After this PM Modi reached to start the Garware College Pune Metro Railway Station project. After this, the Prime Minister first understood the entire project from the Metro officials here and then bought his ticket himself through digital medium. After taking its progress report, he started this project by flagging it. Not only this, Prime Minister Modi traveled from Garware College to Anand Nagar by boarding the Metro. Then in the metro, the Prime Minister also talked to many differently-abled students and got to know their well being.
Maharashtra | PM Narendra Modi buys a ticket before traveling on Pune Metro from Garware College to Anand Nagar pic.twitter.com/Xudah39ToY
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Maharashtra | Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels from Garware College Metro station to Anand Nagar Metro station on Pune Metro, interacts with schools students on board the metro train pic.twitter.com/Z0YiiuCUey
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Significantly, the foundation stone of this metro project was laid by PM Modi on 24 December 2016. Not only this, the entire metro project is being built at a cost of more than Rs 11,400 crore. Later in the afternoon, Prime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various development projects.
The program is as follows-
- Today PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone for the rejuvenation of the Mula-Mutha river projects and the pollution control project.
- At the same time, the Prime Minister will launch 100 e-buses and will also inaugurate the e-bus depot built at Baner, Pune.
- PM Modi will also inaugurate the RK Laxman Art Gallery and Museum in Balewadi.
- Also those cartoons made by famous cartoonist RK Laxman will be displayed in this museum.
- Then the Prime Minister will start the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Symbiosis University at around 1.45 pm.