Mumbai | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will lay the foundation stone for two metro corridors in Maharashtra along with launch of infrastructure and housing projects worth 41,000 crores.
According to an official statement released by the Prime Minister’s office, Modi will attend an event organised by a TV channel and will release the book ‘Timeless Laxman’ at Raj Bhavan later. Later at a public meeting in Kalyan, PM Modi will lay the Foundation Stone of the Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Metro; and the Dahisar-Mira-Bhayander Metro.
The Rs 8,416-crore 24.9-km long Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan metro-5 corridor is expected to carry around 2.29 lakh commuters daily in 2021, with the entire system designed for six-coach trains. The corridor will have 17 stations. The 10.3-km elevated Dahisar-Mira Bhayander metro-9 corridor, comprising eight stations, is expected to be completed by 2022, and the cost of the project is estimated at Rs 6,607 crore. Both the projects are being executed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
In Kalyan, PM Modi will launch the Navi Mumbai town planning authority City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra’s (Cidco) mass housing scheme worth Rs 18,000 crore, which offers around 89,771 affordable homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
PM Modi will then proceed to Pune, where he will lay the foundation stone for the third metro line between Hinjewadi and Shivajinagar, being implemented by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority on a public-private partnership basis. The Rs 8,313-crore 23-km long third metro line in Pune between Hinjewadi and Shivajinagar will connect the busy information technology (IT) part with Shivajinagar, where the other two metro lines will also join.
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