Metro in Mumbai still a dream!
Riding on Mumbai metro still looks like a dream as it won’t be ready by March 2013, announced by Maharashtra chief minister, Prithviraj Chavan.
It was claimed that a part of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro route would be thrown open to the public in March 2013. However, the ground level officials alleged that the time given by the CM was too optimistic and dreamy.
The metro project in Mumbai is being officially supervised by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), a public agency and its implementation is handled by Mumbai Metro One Private Limited which is a private firm. The officials of the public agency claim that the work will be over by December 2013 but the private firm claims that mid 2013 is final date.
However, all the critical works like roofing of stations, electrical and telecommunication work are still pending. Furthermore, it is claimed that metro will be open to public by December 2013.
As per reports, the metro services for Versova and Airport road station were stopped and will start at one go up to Ghatkopar with the upcoming metro construction. With the upcoming metro in this route, the apartments in Mumbai will have a good price appreciation and demand as well.
Also, the implementing agency alleged that mid 2013 is a tentative deadline, if only all clearances are received on time.
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