Nine months ahead of the scheduled commissioning of the first Metro corridor, a feature that will take an estimated 10 months to build - the 183-metre-long steel bridge over the Andheri railway lines - is still waiting for its design to be cleared.
The initial deadline for the 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor was July, but it was pushed back to the year-end; now, even that target looks difficult to meet.The authorities have been seeking clearance for a year for the portion over and across the tracks at Andheri station. The designs had to be altered twice to suit the requirements of the Western Railway authorities.
The nodal agency, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and the concessionaire, Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL), are both hoping that Western Railway will now clear the designs “in a few days”.
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