Overview
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis confirmed the rescheduled inauguration to Oct. 8–9 after a planned Sept. 30 visit was postponed.
- With the final segment opening, the 33.5 km Colaba–Bandra–SEEPZ Metro-3 line will become fully operational, and the first phase of Metro Line-2B will be launched from Mandale to Chembur.
- The Maharashtra government has formally sent a proposal to name the airport after D. B. Patil, which it says has received a positive response from the Centre but remains pending.
- Agri–Koli and allied groups are escalating their campaign for the D. B. Patil name, with a planning meeting called for Sept. 28 in Navi Mumbai.
- Air India Express plans to start Phase 1 operations with 20 daily departures to about 15 cities as the greenfield airport’s first phase targets roughly 20 million passengers and 0.5 MMT of cargo annually.