The schedule for completion of the metro rail network in the Mumbai metropolitan region will be revised to expedite construction and operation as CM Devendra Fadnavis wants at least 50 km of new lines to be constructed every year from 2026.

Fadnavis gave these instructions at the MMRDA review meeting. He also set a 100-day programme for the Urban Development Department that governs MMRDA and other infra agencies. In his first tenure between 2014 and 2019, Fadnavis had pushed hard the underground and overground metro network in MMR. Some projects have begun operating, but some haven’t moved as per the expected pace.