A project has been initiated to develop and beautify ten places in Matheran in a time-bound manner, along with a project to improve roads and build gabion walls for the safety of tourists
The funicular railway project was approved at the MMRDA's 149th meeting held via video conference on July 7
"The various works initiated are helping the poor labourers in this lockdown period. I met MMRDA commissioner RA Rajeev and thanked him for the Funicular Railway Project and also discussed the status of a host of other projects inviting him to the township," Sawant told this paper.
A project has been initiated to develop and beautify ten places in the township in a time-bound manner, along with a project to improve roads and build gabion walls for the safety of tourists, she said.
The funicular railway project was approved at the MMRDA's 149th meeting held via video conference on July 7. The project is to be implemented on a public-private partnership basis. It was around 2010 that a plan had been drawn up.
As per the old plan made by the Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES), it involved running a funicular rail service between Dudhani village and Maillot Spring Point with two cars going up and down with low running costs and easy maintenance. Each passenger coach will have a capacity of carrying 60 commuters. The project also needed to include constructing approach roads.
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