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Mumbai civic chief Ashwini Bhide sets 2-3 year timeline for metro, roads
Mumbai civic chief Ashwini Bhide sets 2-3 year timeline for metro, roads
Mumbai civic chief Ashwini Bhide has said that the remaining metro network and concrete road projects in the city will be completed in the next two to three years. Speaking at the…
Mumbai civic chief Ashwini Bhide has said that the remaining metro network and concrete road projects in the city will be completed in the next two to three years. Speaking at the NDTV Yuva event, Bhide said the transport experience in Mumbai is going to change substantially once the pending work is finished.
Bhide, who is the municipal commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, did not give a detailed project-by-project break-up but outlined the broad timeframe. The announcement comes as Mumbai pushes to modernise its aging infrastructure and ease commuting for its millions of daily travellers.
The civic chief's statement signals an accelerated push to finish long-delayed metro corridors and road-widening projects that have faced land acquisition and construction hurdles. No specific cost or completion dates for individual projects were provided.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Mumbai's metro network has faced repeated delays across multiple phases. The 33.5-km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz line, originally planned for 2021, is still incomplete, and the 12-km Dahisar-DN Nagar corridor has also missed deadlines. Bhide's two-to-three-year target applies to the entire residual package, not just one line. The BMC funds road concretisation under its own budget, while metro construction is executed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The most immediate check on the timeline will be land acquisition for the final metro stretches and the monsoon season, which halts road work for four months each year. The next progress report from MMRDA, due in July, will show whether contractors are meeting milestones.
Source: ndtv.com
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