13 Mar 2010 11:50 PM PST; Mumbai
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has finally wrested an ambitious Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project from another state agency MSRDC.
Chief minister Ashok Chavan, who heads the MMRDA, gave consent to the authority to build the trans harbour link though in a revised form. MMRDA officials said global tenders for the project would now be placed within six months after the current detailed project report (DPR) is modified and financial structure is worked out.
Earlier, the project, proposed first in the early 70s, was the baby of MSRDC which has built the Mumbai Pune Expressway and Bandra-Worli Sea Link. But a serious financial crunch weakened MSRDC’s claim and allowed the cash-rich MMRDA to make a bid for one of Mumbai’s costliest infrastructure projects.
In the revised form, the MTHL will be extended right up to Khopoli and directly linked to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The MSRDC had proposed a 22-km-long sixlane bridge from Sewri in South Mumbai to Nhawa in Navi Mumbai at an estimated cost of Rs 7600 crore.
In its proposal, the MMRDA added another two lanes and also a Metro rail corridor parallel to the sea link, thus scaling up the project cost to around Rs 8300 crore. Even this estimate is set to see a sharp cost escalation as the MMRDA plans to add a 28-km-long road to the bridge between Nhawa and Khopoli. Source: MagicBrick
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