2013: Year of Swifter, Smoother Commute- Article in TOI dated January 23, 2013

Presented by:Amit Chandras (05)Kevin Shah (38)

Presentation Flow

• Metro Rail

• Eastern Freeway

• Monorail

• Elevated Sahar Road

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Metro Rail

• Project is led by R.Infra along with Veolia Transport & MMRDA

• 12 km elevated project connecting Versova via Andheri to Ghatkopar

• 98% of the civil work is done

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Project Cost: Rs. 2,356 croreCompletion : December 2013

Benefits of Metro Rail:

• Cut pollution

• Reduce the time taken by at least 40 minutes

• Provide travel convenience to over 10 lakh people

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Eastern Freeway

• Project is led by MMRDA

• 17 km, signal-free road from Colaba to Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road

• This project has three sections

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Project Cost: Rs. 1,265 croreCompletion : April - June 2013

Benefits of Eastern Freeway:

• Cut pollution

• Will cut travel time by 45 minutes

• Decongest Ambedkar Road, Eastern Express Highway, P D’mello Road & Port Road

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Monorail

• Project is led by MMRDA along with L&T & Scomi Engineering

• 20 km elevated project connecting Chembur to Jacob Circle

• This project has two sections - Chembur to Wadala & Wadala to Jacob Circle

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Project Cost: Rs. 2,800 croreCompletion : July, 2013 – Early 2014

Benefits of Monorail:

• Cut pollution

• Will cover the distance from Chembur to Wadala in19 minutes

• Generate less noise than BEST buses

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Elevated Sahar Road

• Project is led by MMRDA

• 2 km, 6 lane elevated road between Western Express Highway & Sahar International Airport

• Includes a vehicular underpass & pedestian subway

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Project Cost: Rs. 343 croreCompletion : December, 2013

Benefits of Elevated Sahar Road:

• Cut pollution

• Cut travel time by 30 minutes

• Ease travel to the airport

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