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Also, according to MMRDA officials, the civil work for both Metro corridors, which began in 2016, is running almost two months behind schedule due to various reasons
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Despite smooth progress on civil works at two Mtero corridors, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) revised its deadline from 2019 to 2020. The authority cited deadlock over procuring coaches for the Dahisar-DN Nagar Metro-2A and Andheri East-Dahisar East Metro -7 corridor as the primary reason behind revising the deadline.
The deadlock over procurement of the coaches lasted for almost one year because the financing bank for the two Metro projects — the Asian Development Bank (ADB) — wanted MMRDA to strike out a condition stating 75 per cent of the Metro coaches will be made in India.
An MMRDA official said, "We lost almost one year in working this out. We have taken down the condition. However, once we complete the bidding process over the next six months, it will take a minimum of 14 months for any manufacturer to provide enough coaches to start the operations."
The MMRDA official added, "We can expect the manufacturer to deliver the coaches by the end of 2019. Then we will have to run the Metro empty for at least six months to get a safety clearance from the Commissioner of Railway (CRS). So we assume that by mid-2020, Metro-2A and Metro-7 would be ready for operations."
Also, according to MMRDA officials, the civil work for both Metro corridors, which began in 2016, is running almost two months behind schedule due to various reasons. "We may extend the contracts and hope to complete civil works before the monsoon of 2019," added the MMRDA official.
At present, almost 50 per cent of the civil construction work for both Metro-2A and Metro-7 has been completed. The overall cost for both these Metro corridors is expected to be around Rs 13,500 crore and cumulative ridership for both these Metro corridors is anticipated to be around 8 lakh commuters on an average daily.
The MMRDA is self-financing the civil construction and track laying for both the corridors and funds for the remaining — systems, signalling, rolling stock (coaches) — are being sourced via the Asian Development Bank.
