PUNE As Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the city to inaugurate Pune Metro has been cancelled due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, metro’s commercial operations on priority stretch will be delayed, said officials.
Pune mayor Murlidhar Mohol said, “We had planned to start operations of Pune Metro from January 18, but as PM’s visit has been cancelled the commercial operations on priority stretch will be postponed.”
He said, “It is confirmed now that the inauguration programme will be postponed. We will decide about metro operations soon.”
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in both Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had decided to start metro operations before the municipal election.
