‘Apathy by Centre, state stalling work on Mumbai Metro

The indifference by the state and centre towards the long-awaited Metro, which is still awaiting land and clearances to construct the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd line, is now forcing the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to look for alternatives. After the Centre repeatedly stalled the relaxation of environmental and CRZ laws for the construction of metro train depots at Charkop and Mankhurd, and the unwillingness of the state government to hand over any alternate land in the vicinity, the MMRDA is now contemplating setting up the car depot at Goregaon.

MMRDA gets questions on Metro line it can’t answer

Planning a metro line is not rocket science anymore, it’s been happening for a century,” said SVR Srinivas, Managing Director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRC). But in the hours that followed, the body found that with issues like slum rehabilitation, transfer of development rights, land reservations and a good amount of vote-bank politics, planning Mumbai’s metro may just be as complicated as rocket science.

Navi Mumbai metro to be operational by May 2014

Navi Mumbai’s first metro line, running from CBD Belapur to Pendher, will become operational by May 2014. The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) is now scouting for suppliers to buy the rolling stock for the metro project, comprising of rakes and the signalling system.

‘Mumbai mega infra-projects to be completed by 2013′

Focusing on completing mega-infrastructure projects in and around Mumbai, the state government has allocated Rs.4,825 crore for theMumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for fiscal 2012-13 beginning April 1.

Women drivers for Mumbai’s Metro and monorail

Women may have shattered the corporate glass ceiling a while ago, but there are certain niches, such as the public transport system, where female presence is hardly felt. Even this skewness is likely to be phased out soon, with more and more women eager to take matters-rather, wheels-in their hands.

CIDCO opts for wider metro coaches

The Navi Mumbai metro coaches will be more spacious then the Mumbai metro coaches; will accommodate 15 per cent more commuters. In an attempt to comfortably accommodate more commuters in Navi Mumbai metros, the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO) has decided to increase the width of the coach from 2.9 to 3.2 metres.

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