Inducting three metro lines in suburban, PM inaugurates first coach of Mumbai Metro built under ‘Make in India’

Mumbai, September 07: Spreading a wave of enthusiasm amongst the Mumbaikars, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday inaugurated the Bandongri metro station and also launched an indigenously-built metro coach to be used by the upcoming Mumbai metro network.

 

He also laid foundation for the 32-storey Metro Bhavan at the Aarey Colony, one of the two large green belts of the megaplois, against mounting public criticism. The coach, the first in the list of 500 to be delivered to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, has been built by Bharat Earth Movers (BEML) at its Bengaluru facility in flat 75 days.

 

 

Accompanied by state chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Modi assured the localites that metro would aid them travel easy, safe and faster than ever. With Mumbai catching up the national Capital after decades in modern public transport, it seems to pump in over Rs 1.2 lakh crore to build 14 metro corridors stretching 337-km over the next decade.

Metropolitan commissioner RA Rajeev was seen explaining how the new coach will enable commuters to travel along with their bicycles to the destinations, as is seen in the cities of the developed world.

During his visit, which comes ahead of the assembly polls, the dates for which is awaited anytime now, Modi will also be laying the foundation for three more metro lines entailing a length of over 42 km and to be built at an investment of over Rs 19,000 crore.

The new corridors are the 9.2-km Gaimukh-Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) metro-10; the 12.8-km Wadala-CST metro-11; and the 20.7-km Kalyan-Taloja metro-12 corridor. The metro headquarters however are integrated operations and control centre for the proposed 14 metro lines in and around Mumbai.