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Mumbai Metro races against time to start operations by next March

Govt keen to start marquee Rs 33,400 cr project before general election; phase-1 to start by December

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Dev Chatterjee Mumbai

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With the Maharashtra government setting a new deadline of March next year to complete the entire Rs 33,400 crore Mumbai Metro line 3 project, India’s leading construction companies, led by L&T and Tatas, are racing against time to finish the construction work before the new deadline.

Mumbai metro officials say they are aiming to start phase-1 of the  project between Aarey Colony and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) by this December and the second phase by next June. “The service trials of trains in phase-1 will start by this October and operations by December,” said an MMRCL official.

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