Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a day’s tour to Pune on March 6 for launching multiple development projects, inaugurate the Pune Metro rail project and the R K Laxman Art Gallery and Museum. He will also launch 100 e-buses and and an electric-bus depot constructed at Baner, Pune.
The PM had laid the foundation stone of the Rs 11,400-crore 32.2 km Pune Metro rail project on December 24, 2016. He will inaugurate a 12-km stretch of this project with a ride from the Garware Metro Station to Anandnagar Metro Station.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of rejuvenation and pollution abatement of Mula-Mutha river projects. Rejuvenation would be done in 9 km stretch of the river at a project cost of more than Rs 1,080 crore. It will involve works such as river edge protection, interceptor sewage network and public amenities.
The Mula-Mutha River pollution abatement project will be implemented at a cost of over Rs 1,470 crore for construction of 11 sewage treatment plants with a combined capacity of 400 MLD.
The Prime Minister will inaugurate the R.K Laxman Art Gallery-Museum constructed at Balewadi, Pune.
Cartoons drawn by cartoonist R K Laxman will be showcased in the museum. It will also have a miniature model based on the village of Malgudi.
Modi will also unveil a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Pune Municipal Corporation premises. The PM will kick-start the golden jubilee celebrations of Symbiosis University.
