The 118-km plan approved by the CM will bring Colaba and Dahisar closer, with several stops and crossovers
MUMBAI: The 118-km metro plan that got CM Devendra Fadnavis’ nod on Wednesday is likely to be mostly elevated and crisscross the city in such a way that travelling between Colaba and Dahisar will no more be a pain.
(along Link Road) While the Mankhurd- BKC and DN Nagar-Dahisar parts will be taken up soon, work on the stretch from BKC to Andheri is facing several hurdles, including land acquisition and permission issues from the Airport Authority of India The 33.5km line will establish connectivity between south Mumbai and western suburbs. It will be connected to central and western railway line along with Metro one, two and the monorail. While, actual construction is likely to start by the end of this year, services are expected to commence by 2020. It will provide commuters from the eastern suburbs a new travel option. The 32-km long line was planned as an underground line and partly elevated. This is being reconsidered, and may now become a fully elevated line. The ColabaBandra-Seepz line will meet Metro 5 at the airport. The MMRDA has planned another 17-km corridor from Andheri to Dahisar along the Western Express highway (WEH). The corridor will be identified as the Andheri EastDahisar East metro line. This is likely to be extended up to the airport The MMRDA has extended the proposed Seepz- Kanjurmarg corridor to the WEH, which will be along the JogeshwariVikhroli Link Road (JVLR). This 12-km corridor will be known as the JVLR- Kanjurmarg metro line. A MEGA PLAN KASARVADAVALI DAHISAR COST The the MMRDA has split the 40-km long Metro 2 project — Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd — into three parts Metro 2: Mankhurd-BKC BKC-Andheri (DN Nagar) DN Nagar-Dahisar Metro 3: Metro 4: line ` 12,000 CR ` 12,000 CR ` 8,100 CR ` 3,300 CR (Metro 5) Andheri EastDahisar East line Metro 2 (W) ( E) Metro 4 THIS WILL INCLUDE MUMBAI (12km) (10km) Metro 5 (18km) JVLR THE HURDLES Metro 6 Versova KANJURMARG DN Nagar ALSO IN THE PIPELINE SEEPZ ANDHERI (17km) Colaba–Bandra-Seepz Ghatkopar Bandra BKC Mankhurd Wadala JVLR-Kanjurmarg (Metro 6) (12km) Wadala- Ghatkopar-ThaneKasarvadavali Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Colaba
Plus, there will be an airport stop. Authorities said the Metro 3 line (Colaba-BandraSeepz) will meet the Metro 5 line (Dahisar East to Andheri East) at the airport.
The ambitious metro plan the CM approved on Wednesday will cost Rs35,400 crore, and the funding is likely to be aided by institutions such as the World Bank and the Japan I nter national Cooperation Agency.
“The aim is to build a metro network across the city. We are contemplating connecting Metro 5 with Metro 3 for better connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the city,” a senior MMRDA official said.
Further, the Dahisar eastAndheri east line will meet the Jogeshwari- Vikhroli line or Metro 6 at the JogeshwariVikhroli Link Road (JVLR). It will also connect to the VersovaAndheri- Ghatkopar ( VAG) Metro 1 at Western Express highway (WEH).
Metro 1 will connect to Metro 3 at Marol station and Metro 2 (Dahisar-Charkop- BandraMankhurd) at DN Nagar station.
Officials said the move to make all lines elevated was to speed up the implementation of the different projects and make it more affordable.
Except Metro 3, all other metro lines will be elevated.
This means the DahisarCharkop-Bandra-Mankhurd metro and th e Wadala - Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali Metro 4 line will be constructed as elevated corridors.
“We are revisiting the plans of these metro lines to check if they can be completely elevated. We will carry out studies to decide the alignment,” said the official.
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