PM Modi unveils 9.5-feet tall statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a 9.5-feet tall statue of great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and launched a 12km stretch of 32.2 km-long metro rail project in Maharastra's Pune. He will address a rally at MIT ground after taking a metro ride from Garware college to Anandnagar metro station. He also shared pictures of him taking the Metro ride along with school children. The foundation stone of the metro project, aimed at providing world-class infrastructure for urban mobility in Pune, was also laid by the Prime Minister on December 24, 2016. The project is being built at a total cost of more than ₹11,400 crore. Pune Metro is the first project in the country to have Aluminium body coaches, indigenously manufactured under the 'Make in India' initiative.

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