Two of the most-awaited transport infrastructure projects in the city will not have a negative impact on its environment, say officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
The Mumbai Monorail project will take at least another year to be fully functional. Though the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) claims that it is ahead of time, according to sources, the project was delayed because of construction of the curves of the elevated alignment.
MUMBAI: The city's monorail project, a 19.5 km line, which is being done in two phases, Chembur-Wadala and Wadala-Jacob Circle, is likely to be delayed by four to five months.
Reliable sources said that the Phase I of the project, which was to be ready by December 2010, would now be ready by May 2011 and Phase II by December 2011.
Pune BJP corporator Vikas Mathkari on Wednesday pointed out that even though a committee comprising nine elected representatives from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had been formed to study the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP), it has failed to give a report on it so far.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday declared that Bangalore will have the metro train, monorail, and high-speed train connectivity to Bangalore International Airport in the next three years.
The three projects would be ready before his government completes its term, as a city of international repute such as Bangalore should have good public transport, he told the Legislative Assembly.
mumbai Builders with projects near the Metro rail or Monorail routes, or any other major infrastructure development in Mumbai, may soon have to pay a one-time
Mumbai The state government has decided to implement the single ticket system on Metro and monorail. In 2007 the then Railway Minister mooted a GO Mumbai Card, with an integrated ticketing system, for travel on trains (Western Railway and Central Railway) and BEST buses.
