Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in the Ahmedabad metro and interacted with passengers after launching phase 2 of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project
The September 12 incident occurred when he asked the three men to remove footwear before entering the emergency room at a private hospital in Sihor town.
Funding for the project has been secured through loans from international agencies Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)