MMRDA launches Rs.10,986 cr metro projects

The construction of the two elevated corridors, including Metro 2B and Metro 4, is set to begin shortly. In this connection, MMRDA has already handed over the work orders for almost all the packages and the remaining work orders are likely to be given in the next few days. The nodal agency will start the construction of the two corridors entailing an investment of Rs.10,986 crore, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA, Pravin Darade said that with three metro corridors already under construction — Metro 2A, 3 and 7 — commuters may face more traffic snarls once work begins on two more corridors. MMRDA proposes to begin work in phases for the two corridors as the geotechnical survey for the two corridors will be happening along the alignment and the spaces will be barricaded only for four patches for metro 2B and five patches for metro 4 to begin with. As work progresses the agency will take up more areas as the situation demands. The 23.5-km Metro 2B is divided into four phases — ESIC Nagar to Khira Nagar, Saraswat Nagar to ILFS in BKC, MTNL Metro to Chembur, Diamond Garden to Mandale (Depot). Meanwhile, the 32-km metro 4 has also been divided into five packages — Wadala to Amar Mahal Junction, Garodia Nagar to Surya Nagar, Gandhi Nagar to Sonapur, Mulund Fire Station to Majiwada and Kapurbawdi to Kasarvadavali, he added.