MMRDA sees destination Colaba for Metro, Eastern Freeway.

Even as plans to open up port land along Mumbai's eastern coast are being firmed up, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) sees an opportunity to extend its 30.7-km Thane-Wadala Metro and its 16.8-km Eastern Freeway Project up to Colaba.

The expert land development committee under the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has in its draft report included MMRDA's suggestions to utilise a part of 1,800-acre port land to create an underground leg of the Metro from Wadala to Regal Chowk in Colaba. The panel, appointed by Union Minister for Shipping Nitin Gadkari, has completed its draft report, and is at present awaiting detailed comments from the ministry to fine-tune it prior to submission.


THE INDIAN EXPRESS