PM in Pune: PM Modi flagged off Metro trains marking the inauguration of services on completed sections of the two corridors of Pune Metro Phase I.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar were also present on the occasion.
These sections are from Phugewadi station to Civil Court station and Garware College station to Ruby Hall Clinic station, it said.
The foundation stone for the project was also laid by PM Modi in 2016.
The new sections will connect important places of Pune city like Shivaji Nagar, Civil Court, Pune Municipal Corporation office, Pune RTO and Pune Railway Station.
During his visit, Prime Minister Modi will also inaugurate the Waste to Energy Plant under Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), developed at a cost of about Rs 300 crore.
PM Modi conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award at an event where he also shared stage with NCP leader Sharad Pawar.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar was invited as a chief guest at an event where the Prime Minister received the award. Pawar did not entertain requests from members of the opposition INDIA alliance to not share stage with Modi. The INDIA alliance members felt this won't be good optics for the opposition at a time when a united front is being put up against the BJP. Pawar did not meet some MPs who wanted to dissuade him from gracing the occasion.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Maharashtra’s Pune on Tuesday (August 1) on a one-day visit to launch several developmental projects.
PM Modi was received by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar.
PM Modi performed ‘darshan and pooja’ at Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Mandir soon after his arrival in the city. The Prime Minister also paid floral tribute to Lokmanya Tilak.
Lokmanya Tilak National Award is given to people who have worked for the progress and development of the nation and whose contribution can only be looked upon as remarkable and extraordinary, it said.
The award is presented every year on August 1, the death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak. PM Modi will become the 41st recipient of the award. It has previously been presented to luminaries such as Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, Pranab Mukherjee, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indira Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, N R Narayana Murthy, E Sreedharan, among others.
“NCP chief Sharad Pawar has been invited as chief guest for the event,” the organisers earlier said.
Ajit Pawar was also one of the invitees to the event.
(With PTI inputs)
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