With the first Mumbai Metro line likely to start operations next year, a 200-metre plot near Asalfa railway station is hindering the construction of one of the 12 stations planned on the route.
With the first Mumbai Metro line likely to start operations next year, a 200-metre plot near Asalfa railway station is hindering the construction of one of the 12 stations planned on the route.
Though the 11-km-long Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar stretch has been commissioned, the metro line might have only 11 stations.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is yet to hand over the plot near Maheshwar temple in Asalfa, said KP Maheshwari, director of Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) - the Reliance Infrastructure-led consortium, which is constructing the first metro line.
“While 11 metro stations will be ready soon, work on the station to be constructed at Asalfa, which was named Subhash Nagar metro station, has not yet started. Though we have not got any Right of Way, we can go ahead with the commencement of the rest of the alignment as per schedule,” Maheshwari told DNA.
MMRDA spokesperson Dilip Kawathkar said: “We are still in negotiations with the temple trust. We expect to find a solution soon.”
Citing the case of the Delhi metro's Airport Express alignment, Maheshwari said: “We had commissioned the Airport Express before construction of Dhaula Kuan and NH-8 or Airport City metro stations started. Similarly, we can commence the Mumbai metro with 11 instead of 12 stations.”
He added that the 11 stations will be ready by December as the roofs were pre-fabricated and easy to install.
In a related development, MMOPL got a push after railway authorities allowed the consortium to continue construction during monsoon on the 183-metre long Andheri rail overbridge. “Another month-and-a-half, and you will see the cables on the structure,” said Maheshwari.
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