Estimated to cost around Rs 23,136 crore, the entire project is expected to be operational by mid-2022, and transport around 1.60 million commuters daily in full comfort
Mumbai metro train. Pic/AFP
In the ongoing work, the latest achievement was the breakthrough at Mahalaxmi Metro Station by the tunnel boring machine Tansa-2, completed in 257 days, using 745 concrete rings, Deol said. "This was a challenging task as this stretch from the Science Museum Metro Station to Mahalaxmi Metro Station encompasses tunnelling below the buildings which are more than 80 years old and live Western Railway tracks between Mahalaxmi-Lower Parel railway stations," he said.
This work was part of the longest - Package-3 in the total project - which includes Mumbai Central, Mahalaxmi, Science Museum, Acharya Atre Chowk, and Worli metro stations, and has witnessed three major breakthroughs so far. Officials say that by 2022-end, Mumbai would get at least 3 new Metro lines which will make commuting much easier besides reducing the load on the city roads and the two highways. Simultaneously, the work on other Metro routes by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is proceeding at full swing in different parts of the city and surroundings.
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