Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will inaugurate the two new Mumbai Metro lines for public operation on the auspicious Maharashtrian New Year Day, Gudi Padva, on April 2, a top official said on Monday.

"The 2 metro lines will be a driverless train operation called BTC, and shall be thrown open by the CM," MMRDA Metropolitan Commissioner S.V.S Srinivas told IANS this evening.