MMRDA set to take over Sewri-Nhava Sheva project

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will take over the biggest and most delayed infrastructure project — the Sewri-Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link.

An MMRDA official said the authority has proposed to extend the 22km link, planned to connect Sewri to Chirle village in Nhava, to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, adding another 28km to it.

The MMRDA will be the sole agency owning and executing the project, the official said. “A government resolution (GR) is expected once the chief minister is briefed about the development this week,” he said. “We had a meeting with the Union surface transport secretary at Mantralaya on Monday. The Centre is likely to share some of the cost.”

The project has been on paper for almost four decades now. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation was supposed to implement it at a cost of Rs6,000 crore. “Since the MSRDC was in financial doldrums, we took up the project,” another official said.