MMRC to build Rs 8,739-cr Wadala- CSMT metro line 11
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has been tasked with the construction of Metro Line 11 between Wadala and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) at an investment of Rs 8,739 crore. An order to this effect has been issued by the Urban Development Department to MMRC, which has the expertise to execute underground metro rail networks. Metro 11 will be the southern extension of Metro 4 (32.32km) and 4A (2.88km) as Metro 4 is currently under construction between Wadala and Kasarvadavali (on Ghodbunder Road, Thane), and Metro 4A is the northern extension from Kasarvadavali to Gaimukh. Later, Metro 4A will be extended from Gaimukh to Mira Road, a 9km extension. Once all these four lines become operational, it will become a metro network of 57km. There are 14 metro rail projects that are either operational, under construction, or in the pipeline. Of these, 12 are being undertaken by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). Metro Line 11, too, is being planned by the MMRDA, but hereon MMRC will be responsible for its execution. The proposed Metro is 12.774km long; 4km from Wadala to Sewri will be elevated and the remaining 8.774km (70%) between Sewri and CSMT will be underground and pass through the Mumbai Port Authority‘s jurisdiction. MMRC is also executing the 33.5km underground Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ line.
