Mumbai Metro phase I to be completed by November

The Maharashtra government today said that the work of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor under phase I of  Mumbai Metro Railway project is scheduled to be completed by November 11.

Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who is also the state finance minister, said in his budget speech in the Assembly that central government had approved the Viability Gap Funding of Rs1,532 crore for Phase II, the Charkop- Bandra-Mankhurd corridor.

He also said that in the Phase I of Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project, different works costing Rs2,500 crore altogether have been taken up, and an expenditure of Rs2,000 crore has been incurred upto December 2010.

Work of elevated corridor connecting Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and the eastern freeway has also been undertaken, he added.