India, April 8 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) now has the second-largest metro network in India after the Delhi Metro, as Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated partial stretches of two metro lines, 2B and 9, on Tuesday.

The operationalisation of the first phase of lines 2B (Mandale - Diamond Garden) and 9 (Dahisar East - Kashigaon) added 5.53 km and 4.7 km, respectively, to MMR's metro network, bringing the tally past 100 km.

"Today, we crossed 101 km of the operational metro network in the MMR," said Fadnavis, after taking a ride on line 9. "We now have the second-highest operational metro network in terms of length...Step by step, we are moving closer to our vision of a fully integrated 337-km metro network...