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Sink or swim: The clock is ticking on Mumbai’s most expensive Metro corridor

Sink or swim: The clock is ticking on Mumbai’s most expensive Metro corridor
BCCL

A file image of a Mumbai Metro construction site where several trees were chopped last August.

Synopsis

India’s financial capital will have to make a difficult choice between sacrificing a chunk of its already-depleting green cover and an INR23,136 crore public-transport project that can ease traffic on its roads.

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For long, the Mumbai suburban train network has been waiting for a sibling to step in and share its burden. The lifeline of India’s financial capital carries around 7.5 million people daily – 2.6 times its capacity. There was a flicker of hope in 2006, when a proposal to develop a Metro network, much on the lines of New Delhi, came through.However, in over 13 years, only one Metro line of 11.4km has become operational, while the rest of the
( Originally published on Aug 06, 2019 )

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