Mumbai Metro and Monorail delayed

Mumbai: The estimate committee of the state legislature has criticized the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for the delay of the deadline for the construction of the Mumbai metro monorail service. This project was supposed to completed by 2012.

The committee headed by the NCP’s Dilip Mohite in its 10th report submitted to the state legislature during its monsoon session that, the Rs 2,356 crore metro project from Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar arm metro project would be complete by July 2011, which was expected to end by 2012. The report also says that, the current status of the work is not giving any positive sign. It may take long time to complete. The committee added that it had no option but to say that the authorities ‘had created a façade’ that it would complete the work in a year in advance from the original deadline.

This committee also included the work status of the Rs. 2,460 crore Sant Gadge Maharaja Chowk – Wadala – Chembur route, which was supposed to end by December 2011, it will complete by December 2012. The committee has ordered to have a review on the files of these two metro rail projects, with the current work status, expenditure done till date & when it will get complete.

While Mumbai Mtero One Private Limited – a special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed by Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Veolia Transport & MMRDA – is executing work on the Mumbai metro rail project, mono rail is a cash contract that consists of civil construction by Larsen & Turbo by Scomi, Malaysia.

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