Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has completed the tendering process for constructing the estimated R245-crore creek bridge between Mankoli and Motagaon on the Ulhas creek, it said in a statement. The construction of this 1,266 metre long bridge is expected to commence soon and is slated to be complete in three years. The [...] Continue Reading »
In an announcement made in Mumbai on Tuesday, Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said that the Union Government is ready to give its requisite approval to a ring metro rail service for the city, as well as its neighbouring areas like Thane, if the Maharashtra Government moves such a proposal. Naidu reiterated the Union [...] Continue Reading »
With the Rs 428-crore Santacruz-Chembur Link Road having failed to provide the kind of smooth connectivity between the eastern and western suburbs as was envisaged, the city’s development authority is now considering additional construction to remove the bottlenecks. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is considering constructing either a flyover or an underpass on [...] Continue Reading »
Post a hiatus of nearly five months, the stalled tendering process for the Rs 23,126-crore Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro will be again back on track from the next week with the first board meeting of the reconstituted Mumbai Metro Rail Corp (MMRC) that is scheduled to be held on the 12th of August. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has recently given its approval to a number of infrastructure projects in Thane; thereby triggering the hope that the transport-related problems of the Thane-Kalyan residents will be eased in the near future. The projects which have received the go-ahead form MMRDA include the road connectivity between Thane-Kalyan, parallel [...] Continue Reading »
On Friday, Rs 4,240 crore FY 2014-15 Budget was approved by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The allocation of the mentioned FY 2014-15 Budget amount for the MMRDA is an evident indication of the fact that the metro rail, mono rail and flyovers for the Mumbai metropolitan [...] Continue Reading »
Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL), the operator running the Metro line told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that even with this increased fare it will not be able to break even till the end of the second year of operations. Reliance Infrastructure finds the initial fare structure justified for the Metro [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metro which was in so much anticipation earlier has now been involved in a dispute over the matter of tariff. This occurred a day before the commencement of the operation which had the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority moving towards Bombay High Court on the matter of fare hike. This case will be [...] Continue Reading »
As a result of an apparent delay, for at least a few weeks, in the south-bound carriageway of Mumbai’s Kherwadi flyover, the entire process involving the construction of the flyover has been thrown off schedule. According to the earlier plan, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) – the Kherwadi flyover project’s executing authority – [...] Continue Reading »
Santacruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR) project which is 3.5km long will be opened for motorists on April 18, 8 am. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will also open the 1096-metre-long Amar Mahal flyover which connects SCLR to Eastern Express Highway, along with the SCLR. UPS Madan, MMRDA’s metropolitan commissioner, the entire stretch can be [...] Continue Reading »
