Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the city on January 19 to inaugurate infrastructure projects and make some announcements ahead of the civic polls. The event will officially launch the campaign, though the scheduling of the polls depends on the decision to be given by the Supreme Court. It is learnt that the remaining stretches of the Metro line 2A and Metro 7 are ready for launch. The first legs were thrown open by the erstwhile MVA government in April 2022.

Navi Mumbai metro too?

Another metro project ready to be commissioned is in Navi Mumbai. The PM may launch this line as well. However, the PMO hadn't finalised the date till this report went to print. Modi may also lay foundation of a cancer hospital to be set up in Thane, the CM's Assembly constituency.