PM kick-starts multiple infrastructure projects in Maharashtra

The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for the Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan metro 5 and Dahisar-Mira Bhayander metro-9 at Kalyan in the adjoining Thane district. In Kalyan, he launched the Navi Mumbai town planning authority's City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra's (Cidco) mass housing scheme, worth ₹18,000 crore, which offers around 89,771 affordable housing units under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
Following this, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the third metro line between Hinjewadi and Shivajinagar, being implemented by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority on a public-private partnership model. The ₹8,313 crore 23 km long third metro line in Pune will connect the busy IT region of Hinjewadi with Shivajinagar, where the other two metro lines will also join.