For the first time after officially bagging the 22km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, top officials of the MMRDA did a complete recce of the entire alignment on Wednesday.
For the first time after officially bagging the 22km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), top officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) did a complete recce of the entire alignment on Wednesday.
After a seven-hour-long exercise, the officials realised that constructing the Trans Harbour Link will be a huge task with respect to land acquisition.
“We would need land from the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT), City Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which is under planning in the area, private land, forest land and even a portion of the railway land. Moreover, some of the land needed for the construction will also be of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI),” said a senior official of the authority, requesting anonymity. He further added that approximately 10 hectares of land would be needed on both sides (Sewri and Nhava) for the casting yard of the project.
There is an interchange near Sewri railway station and the MTHL alignment crosses the Pirpau jetty near Butcher Island. The distance between Sewri to Pirpau jetty is about 6.5km.
The MTHL will also cross the ONGC oil and gas pipeline which is approximately 2km long. While the MTHL will require vertical clearance for the bridge from the highest high tide level of the sea, the project will also require safety clearance from the MbPT. Here, the requirement of land would be the primary issue. “The land will be required mainly for the casting yard at the Sewri end. We also discussed other issues with the officials of MbPT and have received a positive response,” said MMRDA metropolitan commissioner Rahul Asthana in a written statement.
Another major obstacle in the construction may include the uneven depth of the seawater.
“The highest of high tide here is approximately 31m. Hence we would need to take the bridge height close to 40m. In case of the Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL), this height on average is 27m,” added an official.
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