India, July 13 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the Pune-Mumbai missing link project will be inaugurated by November or December this year. The chief minister said once operational, it will significantly benefit Pune residents.

Fadnavis was in the city to release the one-year performance report of Pune MP and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol. Before the event, he visited the ongoing construction sites of the Navi Mumbai airport and the missing link stretch on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway.

"Missing link project will be inaugurated by November or December. Once the missing link is completed, Pune residents will be able to reach the airport in just one-and-a-half hours," he said.

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