CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Mumbai on Saturday to launch and lay the foundation stone for a few projects related to the road, railways and ports sector. The projects, worth more than Rs 29,400 crore, will be launched at a function at NESCO Exhibition Centre in Goregaon in Mumbai.
Modi will lay the foundation stones of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) Thane-Borivali and the BMC’s Goregaon Mulund Link Road projects, both of which have twin tunnels. The 11.8 km-long tube tunnel between Thane and Borivali—which costs Rs. 16,600 crore— is expected to reduce the travel time between Thane and Borivali by one hour.
The PM will also lay the foundation stone for tunnel work at Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project worth over Rs. 6,300 crore. The 6.65 km-long GMLR will provide direct connectivity for Western suburbs with the new proposed airport at Navi Mumbai and Pune Mumbai Expressway.
“The twin tunnels of Goregaon Mulund Link Road project will connect Western Express Highway at Goregaon to Eastern Express Highway at Mulund. The project will bring down the travel time to 25 minutes from the current 75 minutes,” PTI quoted a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official as saying.
The foundation stone for Kalyan Yard Remodelling and Gati Shakti Multi Modal Cargo Terminal at Turbhe in Navi Mumbai will also be laid by the PM on Saturday. The remodelling will increase the yard’s capacity to handle more trains, reducing congestion and improving the efficiency of train operations, a government release said.