<h2>Mumbai commute infrastructure receives financial aid</h2><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image">
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</p><p>The MMRDA has undertaken the task of completing a 337-km long metro mesh in the city with the commission of Metro lines 2-A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Corridor 7 (Dahisar-Andheri) this year. To facilitate this with ease, the authority has issued a financial aid of <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>700.65 and <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>999.45 crores to 2-A and 7, respectively. Additionally, a surfeit of <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>4,571.25 crores has been put aside for all other metro projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. <br></p><p>This includes a budgetary allocation of <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>250 crores for Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz). As per the development programme, this Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation project is an underground route, stretching for about 33.5 km. Besides the metro rail network, <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>329.30 crores have been allotted to the Metro Bhavan and staff quarters, proposed at Aarey. </p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>While ₹120.20 crores have been allocated for the Mumbai Monorail project, the MMRDA has budgeted a ₹200 crore refurbishment of both, the Western Express Highway and Eastern Express Highway. </p><h2>MMRDA allots ₹260 crores for the Babasaheb Ambedkar memorial at Dadar </h2><h2></h2><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image image-crop-custom">
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</p><p>Meanwhile, the Mumbai-Trans Habour Link Road has also been sanctioned <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>2,900.35 crores. This financial grant will help to connect Mumbai to the mainland via a sea link between Sewree and Nhava in Raigad by mid-2023. Besides, ₹100 crores have been awarded for the proposed Swargiya Balasaheb Thackeray grand memorial and <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>260 crores for the Babasaheb Ambedkar memorial proposed at Indu Mills in Dadar. </p><p>Reports have revealed that the proposition for a 77-crore pedestrian bridge from City Park in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to the Maharashtra Nature Park (MNP) has also been floated for MMRDA approval. MMRDA has further sanctioned <span style="background-color: initial;">₹</span>60 crores each, for the Chheda Nagar improvement project and Kalanagar junction improvement project. As only 20% of civil work is left for the junction project, the Chief Minister has already inaugurated the south-bound arm of the flyover. </p><p>While this year's budget is relatively lower in comparison to that of 2020-2021 and 2019-2020, MMRDA officials have stated that the revised estimates of the last two years were much lower. This is paving a feasible route of development in Mumbai where the actual expenditure will soon periodically revise the expected expenditure here, Joint Metropolitan Commissioner of the MMRDA highlighted. </p><p><em>~With inputs from HT</em></p>
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