Pune: Puneites heaved a sigh of relief as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Pune has been cancelled due to the heavy rain situation in the city. 

On Wednesday, Puneites were hit hard due to heavy rain which caused traffic madness across the Pune city and Pimpri-Chinchwad. And they expected the worse on Thursday with several roads banned for PM's visit.

The PM was scheduled to flag off new Metro stretch from Shivajinagar to Swargate besides launching several development projects valued at over ₹22,600 crore. The new date for inauguration has not been announced.

Officials of the Maha Metri said inauguration of the Pune Metro stretch from District Court to Swargate, according to officials, will mark the completion of Phase-1 of the Pune Metro Rail Project. The cost of the underground segment between District Court and Swargate is around ₹1,810 crore.