The first phase of Mumbai Metro Line 9 from Dahisar to Kashigaon will start for general passengers from April 3.
Considering the delay in the work of the entire line from Dahisar to Bhayandar West (Subhash Chandra Bose Maidan), it was decided to start the metro 9) in two phases.
In the first phase, the service will be extended till Kashigaon, Mira Road. In this phase, four stations namely Dahisar, Pandurang Wadi, Miragaon and Kashigaon will be open for passengers.
Direct metro service will be available from Kashigaon to Dahisar, providing a relief for passengers from Pleasant Park, Vinay Nagar, Hatkesh etc.
The inauguration ceremony of this project is likely to be held by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar and it is also expected that the program will be online.
Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said that this is a golden moment of fulfilling the promise made to the people and stated that this is the fruit of the efforts of the last several years.
Currently, citizens are suffering due to huge crowd in the train to Mumbai and traffic jams at the Dahisar check point.
Against this backdrop, the first phase of the metro will provide great relief to the passengers. Currently, travel from Kashigaon to Dahisar will be easy and in the next phase, there are plans to extend this metro directly to Bhayander and further.