Mumbai: Work Officially Kicks Off For Three New Metro Lines After PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Saturday (7 September) launched three more lines for Mumbai's metro rail network worth Rs 19,000 crore which once completed in 2026 will take the total network size to a whopping 337 km, reports The Economic Times.

With the three new lines, the total number has for the whole network for Mumbai would go up to 14 lines covering the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

Modi said at the event, "Mumbai is one city that has given pace to the whole country. Every citizen loves this city. In the past five years, we've taken many efforts to develop infra projects, which are not only going to meet the present-day needs but are also envisioned for making lives easier in the future."

The three new metro lines are the Rs 4,476-crore 9.2-km Gaimukh-Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) metro-10; the Rs 8,739-crore 12.8-km Wadala-CST metro-11; and the Rs 5,865- crore 20.7-km Kalyan-Taloja metro-12 corridor.

Modi also launched the construction of a sprawling 32-storey tall Metro Bhavan which is to come up at Aarey Colony in the Goregaon region of the city.

Kickstarting work on the new lines and reiterating his goal to turn India into a $5 trillion economy, Modi said that, "As we have set a target to become a $ 5 trillion economy in the next five years, we will have to develop our cities in sync with the 21st century world. For this, we will have to develop systems to ensure mobility, connectivity, productivity, safety and sustainability."