 "Rs 1 lakh-cr infra projects in Maharashtra get govt push")
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has given the top priority to speedy implementation of infrastructure projects worth Rs 1,06,923 crore in and around the state capital Mumbai. He has assured to expeditiously remove the administrative and physical roadblocks.
The chief minister received a major boost to his efforts after the Shiv Sena joined the government on December 5.
The projects include 22-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (Rs 11,000 crore), 35.6-km road from Nariman Point to Kandivli, which runs parallel to the coast (Rs 8,000 crore), 40-km underground Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro II (Rs 25,605 crore), 32.5-km Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ underground Metro Line 3 project (Rs 23,136 crore), 32-km underground and elevated Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali Metro project (Rs 19,097 crore), Navi Mumbai international airport (Rs 8,000 crore), Western Coast Water Transport (Rs 1,517 crore) and Eastern Coast Water Transport (Rs 568 crore).
He is expected to take a decision to scrap the Rs 5,000-crore Worli Haji Ali sea link project soon. The termination notice sent by the state undertaking Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation in August 2012 is pending for Cabinet sub-committee’s approval. Fadnavis told Business Standard, “The state undertakings, including Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), MSRDC, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), have been asked to step up efforts for proper coordination among themselves to avoid further delays in the project implementation.”
He said he had also assured these agencies to pursue matters relating to various approvals and clearances required from the Union government and its undertakings. Previous Sunday, the Union civil aviation ministry cleared the hurdle in the way of Navi Mumbai airport. This was one of the issues on which bidders had sought clarification from CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra). Fadnavis had taken up the issue with Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju, seeking an early approval of his ministry in this regard. This has paved way for the bidders to submit request for qualification by third week of January.
On the Rs 11,000-crore Mumbai Trans Harbour Project, Fadnavis last week took up the issue with the Centre for an early approval of the Rs 8,800-crore loan assured by the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA).
This apart, Fadnavis cleared at a meeting, on November 20, two crucial metro lines — Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd (DCBM) Metro II and Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali (WGTK) Metro project. The decision on DCBM Metro II was taken just after a week when the state government and Reliance Infrastructure arm Mumbai Metro Transport Private Limited (MMTPL) terminated the contract for Rs 12,000 crore Charkop-Bandra-Makhurd Metro corridor signed in 2010. The WGTK project is expected to connect the northeast Mumbai with Thane, which is growing quite fast.
The 40-km and 36-station DCBM corridor will be entirely underground, while the 32-km WGTK corridor will have 24 underground and six elevated stations. These metro corridors will be implemented by the state undertaking Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) by 2020-21.
Moreover, MMRC last week had appointed AECOM Asia-led consortium as the general consultant for the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro III link. It will assist MMRC in design, supervision, quality control, safety and contract management of the project.
As far as the much debated coastal road project is concerned, Fadnavis has supported the stand taken by his predecessor Prithviraj Chavan. He has asked the civic body to submit a status report on the project after that it will be forwarded to the ministry of environment and forests for clearance. The primary reason for the project to get stalled so far was the necessity of land to be reclaimed from the sea and it is prohibited according to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 2011. The state coastal body has already given its recommendation to the Centre for the project.
The chief minister received a major boost to his efforts after the Shiv Sena joined the government on December 5.
The projects include 22-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (Rs 11,000 crore), 35.6-km road from Nariman Point to Kandivli, which runs parallel to the coast (Rs 8,000 crore), 40-km underground Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro II (Rs 25,605 crore), 32.5-km Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ underground Metro Line 3 project (Rs 23,136 crore), 32-km underground and elevated Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali Metro project (Rs 19,097 crore), Navi Mumbai international airport (Rs 8,000 crore), Western Coast Water Transport (Rs 1,517 crore) and Eastern Coast Water Transport (Rs 568 crore).
He is expected to take a decision to scrap the Rs 5,000-crore Worli Haji Ali sea link project soon. The termination notice sent by the state undertaking Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation in August 2012 is pending for Cabinet sub-committee’s approval. Fadnavis told Business Standard, “The state undertakings, including Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), MSRDC, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), have been asked to step up efforts for proper coordination among themselves to avoid further delays in the project implementation.”
He said he had also assured these agencies to pursue matters relating to various approvals and clearances required from the Union government and its undertakings. Previous Sunday, the Union civil aviation ministry cleared the hurdle in the way of Navi Mumbai airport. This was one of the issues on which bidders had sought clarification from CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra). Fadnavis had taken up the issue with Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju, seeking an early approval of his ministry in this regard. This has paved way for the bidders to submit request for qualification by third week of January.
On the Rs 11,000-crore Mumbai Trans Harbour Project, Fadnavis last week took up the issue with the Centre for an early approval of the Rs 8,800-crore loan assured by the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA).
This apart, Fadnavis cleared at a meeting, on November 20, two crucial metro lines — Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd (DCBM) Metro II and Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali (WGTK) Metro project. The decision on DCBM Metro II was taken just after a week when the state government and Reliance Infrastructure arm Mumbai Metro Transport Private Limited (MMTPL) terminated the contract for Rs 12,000 crore Charkop-Bandra-Makhurd Metro corridor signed in 2010. The WGTK project is expected to connect the northeast Mumbai with Thane, which is growing quite fast.
The 40-km and 36-station DCBM corridor will be entirely underground, while the 32-km WGTK corridor will have 24 underground and six elevated stations. These metro corridors will be implemented by the state undertaking Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) by 2020-21.
Moreover, MMRC last week had appointed AECOM Asia-led consortium as the general consultant for the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro III link. It will assist MMRC in design, supervision, quality control, safety and contract management of the project.
As far as the much debated coastal road project is concerned, Fadnavis has supported the stand taken by his predecessor Prithviraj Chavan. He has asked the civic body to submit a status report on the project after that it will be forwarded to the ministry of environment and forests for clearance. The primary reason for the project to get stalled so far was the necessity of land to be reclaimed from the sea and it is prohibited according to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification of 2011. The state coastal body has already given its recommendation to the Centre for the project.