Q:Mumbai's second Metro may be ready as early as 2019 as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has invited tenders for the 16.5km-long corridor.
Latest Answer: This 16.5 km-long corridor that will connect Andheri to Dahisar via the Western Express Highway.
The Andheri (E)-Dahisar (E) corridor, labelled as Metro VII, is expected to decongest the Western Express Highway significantly.
Both, Phase-I of Metro-II and Metro-VII are north-south corridors, unlike Metro-I, which criss-crossed over railway tracks and the Western Express Highway.
Q:The government has decided to charge 100% of the Ready Reckoner Rate as premium for additional floor space index for properties along the proposed 2 new metro lines (II and VII).
Latest Answer: A government resolution issued on October 2017. The bhoomi pujan for the two lines-Metro II (Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro Corridor Phase I-Dahisar East- DN Nagar) and Metro VII (Andheri East-Dahisar East)-was recently done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
