Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro project clears key hurdle.

The stalled Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro project, which will be the city’s second Metro corridor, is now likely to gather pace with the chief minister-led urban development department having recently cleared a key decision for the project, after sitting on the file for more than nine months.

Earlier this month, the state government approved the reconstitution of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRCL) and nominated five members to the board of the joint venture between the Union government and the state government.

The chief minister's nod was key for the reconstitution of the MMRCL. In the absence of a fresh board of directors under the reconstituted MMRCL, all major decisions about the Metro project were put on hold.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the implementing agency for the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro, had submitted a proposal for the reconstitution of the MMRCL to the state urban development department in October last year. The state government was to nominate five of its own members on the 10-member board of the Metro corporation. The other five members are Union government nominees.


THE INDIAN EXPRESS