Play on Gajanan Maharaj aboard Nagpur Metro today

Nagpur: ‘Celebration on Wheels’ of MahaMetro has become very popular among Nagpurians with many events taking place aboard Nagpur Metro. After a fashion show was held in a train, a play’s premiere will now be held in it on Friday.
Radhika Creations and Ranjan Kala Mandir have decided to hold the premiere of their two-act play ‘Shegavicha Mahayogi’, based on life of Gajanan Maharaj, aboard Nagpur Metro.The premiere will be held at 12 noon on the train from Sitabuldi to Lokmanya Nagar.
Famous chef Vishnu Manohar and Nagpur South MLA Mohan Mate are the chief guests for the premiere. Only a limited number of people have been invited for the event. The play will be staged for general public on January 9 and 10.
Udayan Bramha has written the play while Sanjay Pendse has directed it. Jayant Velankar has provided his guidance for the play.
A MahaMetro spokesperson said that over 30 events have been held aboard Metro trains ever since Celebration on Wheels was launched. “Another 8 or 10 are in the pipeline in the first week of January,” he added.
The spokesperson said that people are riding the Metro to participate in these events and are realizing how comfortable it is to travel in Metro. “We hope that they will become regular users of Metro in the coming days,” he added.
MahaMetro is holding a New Year carnival at Sitabuldi Interchange Metro station from January 1. Seventeen stalls selling ayurvedic products, environment friendly products and food items will be set up inside the station.
Meanwhile, the ridership of Nagpur Metro attained a new record on December 27 by crossing 22,000. The ridership on last Sunday was 22,123. The highest ridership before this was on January 26 at 21,258.
The ridership of Nagpur Metro is increasing by leaps and bounds after it restarted following the prolonged lockdown. The ridership on November 29 was 11,488, December 6 (13,187), December 13 (15,404) and December 20 (17,562).
Metro trains ply between 8am and 8pm on Sitabuldi-Khapri and Sitabuldi-Lokmanya Nagar routes. Trains leave terminal stations after every 15 minutes.