The subway that has been delayed for several years, is now being completed jointly by the Central Railway and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The Central Railway in a reply to an RTI application has stated that the Kurla subway will be completed by December, this year and BMC is expected to complete its part of work by March, 2017, after which citizens should hope to use the it.
The subway that has been delayed for several years, is now being completed jointly by the Central Railway and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The information was procured after an RTI filed by applicant, Anil Galgali. Galgali in his application, sought information about the money spent and the date of work completion, along with scope of work for each of the agency. Kurla subway work had stopped mid-way after the railway made a tunnel underneath the tracks but did not complete it.
The work for the subway resumed again two years ago. As per the information provided by the railways, they have spent Rs3.84 crore, and will be completing tunneling work and staircase. The length of the subway, including parts of both the Central Railway and the BMC will be 128 meters. The tunnel will run beneath the tracks of central and harbour line at the Kalyan-end of the station. The width and height of the tunnel will be 7.60 metre 2.6 metre respectively.
They stated that the work will be completed by December, this year. The BMC, which will be doing the work for approach road, will be spending Rs2.94 crore. Started in February, BMC is expected to complete the work within nine months excluding monsoon. Railways, however, could not give an estimate of the number of people that will be using it.
"We will complete our part of the work by March 2017," said S O Kori, chief engineer of roads. "The money has been already spent, and if the completion of subway happens early, it will be good for citizens. The cases of deaths on railway tracks will reduce when a large number of people start using the subway," said Galgali.
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