Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today directed fast-tracking of major infrastructure projects in Maharashtra, including building of two new airports and expansion of one.
A meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan also discussed the Mumbai Elevated Rail Corridor Project which envisages investment of Rs.20,000 crore to build additional suburban traffic capacity over 60 km.
"The meeting discussed key infrastructure projects in Maharashtra which needed to be fast-tracked so that infrastructure in Mumbai and other major cities of the state remain in the forefront of development," a PMO statement said.
The new airports would be built in Navi Mumbai and Pune while the one in Nagpur would be expanded.
