Mumbai, Nov 2 (PTI) The Mumbai Metro Line-3, also known as the Aqua Line, carried more than 38 lakh passengers in October, indicating a steady rise in daily ridership on the city’s first underground mass-transit corridor, officials said on Sunday.

According to Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), the 33.5-km line, running between Cuffe Parade station in south Mumbai and Aarey JVLR station in the western suburbs, recorded a footfall of 38.63 lakh commuters last month.

An MMRC spokesperson said that in the 22 days till October 31, from October 9, when the line was thrown fully open after its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 33.33 lakh commuters used the service.

The spokesperson said the average weekday ridership of the Aqua Line stood at 1.41 lakh, with the highest single-d

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