After Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) said that the two new metro lines will be operational from 4 pm on Friday.

"Building 337 km of sustainable and environmentally friendly metro network in MMR is the ambitious vision of MMRDA. The journey of This Corridor started after the inauguration of Metro Line-1  in 2014. The Foundation stone Laying Ceremony of these lines was held in 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then further we started working on it. After resolving many obstacles like Utility shiftings land acquisition, R&R as well as natural calamities, finally we have achieved MMR's first Metro Network. Metro will become the new lifeline for Mumbaikars," said S.V.R. Srinivas, IAS, Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA.