Urban centres and double corridor gets a green signal in city

To boost to Mumbai’s urban infrastructure, the World Bank has expressed their interest in partnership into two mega projects the Virar-Alibaug road rail corridor and the development of 12 urban growth centres as satellite cities of Mumbai.  The Corridors will be definitely offering a better connectivity between the two extreme ends of the metro region. The corridor proposed to be laid from the Diva-Vasai rail line intersection on NH-8 up to Alibaug would cover a distance of about 140 km. There are three things that need to be streamlined the process of resettling project-affected people, the capacity and planning of the implementing agency, and transparency and public  communication. An official of the MMRDA said the financial and technical feasibility study of the multimodal corridor project and its implementation strategy is ready. The planning of an alternative alignment for the project is also over along the surveys. All the designs of the alignment, toll plaza and interchange have also have been completed.

Source : Accommodation Times News Service