Mumbai, PM Modi is about to give a new gift to the people living in Mumbai. The good news for the people of Mumbai is that PM Modi will inaugurate the Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7 on January 19. This route of Mumbai Metro has been constructed at a cost of about Rs 12,600 crore. The 18.6 km long Metro Line 2A connects Dahisar E and DN Nagar (Yellow Line) and the 16.5 km long Metro Line 7 connects Andheri East and Dahisar E (Red Line). With the commissioning of this metro, there will be a lot of convenience for the passengers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of this metro rail line in October 2015. Work on the two lines started six years ago. The then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had inaugurated a small section of the last two lines.

According to a statement released from the PMO, at around 5 pm on January 19, the Prime Minister will inaugurate, inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several development projects and after that at around 6:30 he will inaugurate two lines of the Mumbai Metro and also take a metro ride. The Prime Minister will also launch Mumbai 1 Mobile App and National Common Mobility Card (Mumbai 1).

Housing and Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in the Rajya Sabha last month that India will be the world's second largest operator of metro rail services in the coming years, leaving behind South Korea and Japan. Puri said that the government is serious about promoting public transport and the length of metro rail in the country is proof of this. He said that at present 824 km long metro services are available in India and work is going on on 1039 km long metro line. He said that India would soon leave behind South Korea and then Japan in terms of metro expansion and would become the third largest country in the world in terms of metro operations. Along with this, Puri said that in the coming time, India will become the second largest metro operator country in the world.