Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday “thanked and congratulated” the people of Mumbai as the recently launched Mumbai metro lines 2A and 7 recorded over a million passengers in the first week after the launch. The metro lines were made operational for the public on January 20.

The chief minister Shinde also congratulated Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for its “efforts in working towards developing an extensive metro network in MMR”.