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Fadnavis Tweets Metro Ride Pic With PM Modi, Asks Netizens To 'Guess The Conversation'

The two new Mumbai metro lines 2A and 7, a 35-km long elevated corridor stretching from Andheri to Dahisar was inaugurated by PM Modi on Thursday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two new metro services -2A and 7- in Mumbai on Thursday and took a ride between the city's Gundavali and Mogra stations with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis.  

The deputy Chief Minister took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to share the moment and asked the users to guess what the three leaders were talking about.

"Guess the conversation," read the caption of the post shared by Fadnavis. In the picture one can see all three leaders smiling in the picture over a conversation.

During the ride, the Prime Minister also interacted with young men and women, and metro rail workers.

The two new Mumbai metro lines 2A and 7, a 35-km long elevated corridor stretching from Andheri to Dahisar was inauguarted by PM Modi on Thursday, January 19. A whopping Rs 12,600 crore was the total cost of the project for which the foundation stone was laid in 2015.

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The metro line 2A connecting Dahisar E and DN Nagar (yellow line) is around 18.6 Km long, while metro line 7 connecting Andheri E - Dahisar E (red line) is around 16.5 Km long, the PMO said in a statement.

The metro trains that will run on these lines are Made in India, reported news agency ANI.

Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were some of the dignitaries present during the inauguration ceremony.

During his one-day visit, the Prime minister also laid foundation stones for projects worth Rs 38,000 crore. 

The announcement of the development projects by PM Modi has been made ahead of the Brihanmunicipal Coporation and Thane municipal corporation elections.

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