Govt proposes elevated Haji Ali-Marine Drive route

MUMBAI: Traffic problem on the congested Haji Ali juction in the metropolis will be solved with the state government proposing new elevated road from Haji Ali to Marine Drive through Nana Chowk.
    
The work on Peddar Road fly over is also going to start soon, the state government assured.
    
"The elevated road has been proposed from Haji Ali to Marine Drive and soon we will undertake the feasibility study", public works minister Anil Deshmukh saif.
    
The route is 4.8 km long and will ease the traffic jam at Haji Ali. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has given the work of feasibility study to Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), Anil Deshmukh said.
    
This route was earlier suggested but the proposal was delayed. Now the state is rethinking on the proposal, he said.
    
The state will also start the work of controversial Peddar Road fly over, as it has got almost all the NOCs, Deshmukh said.
    
The 3-km flyover will come up between Haji Ali and Wilson College junctions at a cost of around Rs 125 crore, linking Worli and Marine Drive.
    
In 2001, renowned singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle had met chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and opposed the flyover project.
    
The state is going to have open public hearing on the Peddar Road fly over on March 12.