Bhiwandi: The suspense of several months over how work on the Bhiwandi-Kalyan route of Metro Line 5 would be accomplished was finally lifted on Friday. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, while providing information about the project in the assembly in response to a question raised by Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh, said there was a plan to go for an underground metro up to 5 km to avoid large-scale rehabilitation overground.
Fadnavis said the work of preparing a report was entrusted to TCL company. The work will be fast-tracked after receiving the project report.
Six years after PM Narendra Modi performed the groundbreaking ceremony of Metro Line 5 in Kalyan on Dec 18, 2018, work is yet to start on the stretch between Bhiwandi and Kalyan. Even though the work on Phase 1 of Metro Line 5, starting from Thane to Dhamankar Naka in Bhiwandi, is 80% completed, the MMRDA, which is executing the metro project, remained silent on the phase 2 project plan.
In March 2022, the state govt announced that a 3 km portion of the line passing through Bhiwandi would be laid underground to save 735 buildings. For the same, on June 6, 2023, the urban department approved a 3 km underground metro with an increase in project cost of Rs 17,27. For almost two years, nothing was done. Looking at the delay in work, MLA Rais Shaikh raised the issue while speaking at the assembly, highlighting the delay in the work on Metro Line 5.
“Bhiwandi is the Manchester of India, and Bhiwandi city is the largest logistics hub. Metro work needs to be fast-tracked to improve connectivity in the MMR,” Shaikh said.
Responding to the issues raised by Shaikh, Fadnavis said that 80% of the physical work on Metro Line 5 from Thane to Bhiwandi had been completed. “However, a 5 km stretch on the Kalyan-Bhiwandi Metro route requires large-scale rehabilitation of the affected people. Therefore, it has been decided to take the metro underground for this stretch. The work of preparing a report in this regard has been entrusted to the TCL company. This work will be fast-tracked after receiving the project report,” he said.
Bhiwandi: The suspense of several months over how work on the Bhiwandi-Kalyan route of Metro Line 5 would be accomplished was finally lifted on Friday. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, while providing information about the project in the assembly in response to a question raised by Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh, said there was a plan to go for an underground metro up to 5 km to avoid large-scale rehabilitation overground.
Fadnavis said the work of preparing a report was entrusted to TCL company. The work will be fast-tracked after receiving the project report.
Six years after PM Narendra Modi performed the groundbreaking ceremony of Metro Line 5 in Kalyan on Dec 18, 2018, work is yet to start on the stretch between Bhiwandi and Kalyan. Even though the work on Phase 1 of Metro Line 5, starting from Thane to Dhamankar Naka in Bhiwandi, is 80% completed, the MMRDA, which is executing the metro project, remained silent on the phase 2 project plan.
In March 2022, the state govt announced that a 3 km portion of the line passing through Bhiwandi would be laid underground to save 735 buildings. For the same, on June 6, 2023, the urban department approved a 3 km underground metro with an increase in project cost of Rs 17,27. For almost two years, nothing was done. Looking at the delay in work, MLA Rais Shaikh raised the issue while speaking at the assembly, highlighting the delay in the work on Metro Line 5.
“Bhiwandi is the Manchester of India, and Bhiwandi city is the largest logistics hub. Metro work needs to be fast-tracked to improve connectivity in the MMR,” Shaikh said.
Responding to the issues raised by Shaikh, Fadnavis said that 80% of the physical work on Metro Line 5 from Thane to Bhiwandi had been completed. “However, a 5 km stretch on the Kalyan-Bhiwandi Metro route requires large-scale rehabilitation of the affected people. Therefore, it has been decided to take the metro underground for this stretch. The work of preparing a report in this regard has been entrusted to the TCL company. This work will be fast-tracked after receiving the project report,” he said.