A 23-kilometre corridor now stitches together Pune's sprawling tech belt and its historic civic core — and it just got inaugurated. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Monday, 2 November 2026 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Pune Metro Pink Line, a ₹8,300 crore infrastructure project running from Maan to District Court and connecting Hinjewadi's IT hub with Shivajinagar.

Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar: What the Pink Line actually solves

Hinjewadi is Pune's largest IT and technology cluster — home to tens of thousands of software professionals who have long endured some of the city's worst traffic bottlenecks on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway approach roads. The new Pink Line punches a direct, rail-based route from that tech precinct all the way to District Court in central Pune, passing through Shivajinagar. For daily commuters making that grind, the math just changed.

The Pune Metro Rail Project received central government sanction and detailed project report approval between 2016 and 2018, making today's inauguration the culmination of nearly a decade of planning and construction. The project is executed by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro), the state agency overseeing Pune's metro corridors.

Women-led operations: a signal beyond the tracks

CM Fadnavis specifically highlighted the line's women-led operations as a defining feature of the inauguration milestone. 'What makes this milestone even more special is its women-led operations,' he posted, framing it as evidence of 'the growing role of women in shaping and driving India's infrastructure journey.' The detail — whether in station management, train operations, or administrative roles — positions the Pink Line as a showcase project for workforce inclusion alongside physical connectivity.

₹8,300 crore and the wider metro wave

At ₹8,300 crore, the Pink Line is a substantial bet on urban rail. It fits squarely into a national pattern: Indian metro rail expansion has accelerated sharply since 2014 across multiple cities under central urban transport schemes focused on reducing congestion, cutting emissions, and integrating growing economic hubs into sustainable mobility networks. Pune, as one of India's fastest-growing metropolitan economies, has been a priority corridor in that push.

CM Fadnavis described the inauguration as 'a proud step towards modern mobility and a Viksit Bharat' — invoking the government's flagship Developed India vision as the broader frame for the project. With the Pink Line now inaugurated, attention shifts to the commencement of commercial services and integration with the remaining phases of the Pune Metro network.

For every Punekar who has sat bumper-to-bumper on the Hinjewadi stretch wondering if there was a better way — there now is.