Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) representatives have strongly expressed their dislike to take the contribution of special planning body in materializing the proposed and ongoing metro and mono rail projects. The MMRDA proposed plan was rejected strongly in the Chief Minister chaired authority meeting. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority conducted a meeting along with [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) which is the government body responsible for the infrastructure development in the Mumbai region may spend as much as Rs.1 trillion in order to build and expand metro-rail links and roads to distant suburbs over the next 7 to 8 years. MMRDA has also been making plans to [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra state developmental agencies Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) have teamed up to expedite the construction of the delays-hit Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) and the multi-modal corridor projects. According to the information shared by an unidentified official, both MMRDA and Cidco have joined forces to speed up [...] 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 »
CBRE, the leading property consultancy firm report makes it clear that with the government planning major infrastructure projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the area is emerging as a growth centre for real estate sector. There has been a significant increase in demand for commercial and residential properties in areas where major infrastructure projects are planned. [...] Continue Reading »
A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has revealed that Mumbai Eastern Freeway project failed to match up to the plan; thereby underscoring the fact that MMRDA could not achieve the targets which had been set under the Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project. Highlighting the shortfall by the MMRDA, the CAG report [...] 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 »
Usually the cost of major transport infrastructure projects tends to be very high. They often shoot up at fast paces because of delays and several design changes. But surprisingly, the cost of a road between Bandra Kurla Complex and Eastern Express Highway has been lowered down majorly. The cost has been reduced by 22% because [...] Continue Reading »
Sahar elevated road corridor and Terminal 2 of the Mumbai international airport was opened for the public on Feb 11. Sahar elevated road is a 2.2 km stretch connecting Western Express Highway (WEH) with the new Terminal 2 of the International Airport. It was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. He pointed out that [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra state government has set up a committee under the chairmanship of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Sitaram Kunte to address the issue of bad roads. The new committee will work on a policy to improve the maintenance of all city roads, including non-BMC roads. It has been formed comprising of members from the [...] Continue Reading »
