Mumbai: The first route of monorail services in Mumbai will be inaugurated by Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday February 1.

But the new addition in the public transport will officially start its operations only from Sunday and will make Mumbai the first city in India to use a monorail. The 8.8 km monorail line will connect Wadala in Central Mumbai with Chembur in suburban Mumbai.

Malaysian infrastructure company Scomi in a joint venture with L&T executed the Rs 3,000-crore project. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) was the lead project developer.