CM clears MSRDC projects worth over Rs 50,000 cr

CM clears MSRDC projects worth over Rs 50,000 cr

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:28 PM IST
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Mumbai : In a move to appease disgruntled alliance partner Shiv Sena before the cabinet expansion slated for December 5, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday cleared a slew of infrastructure projects handled by Sena-controlled Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure meeting chaired by Fadnavis gave in-principle approval to eight projects across the state amounting to Rs 53,701 crore.

MSRDC, which has often lost out on crucial projects due to coalition politics over the years, got a fresh lease of life with projects worth over Rs 50,000 crore. Eknath Shinde, minister of Public Works Department (Public Undertaking), said: “MSRDC has constructed several crucial projects in the past including the flyovers in Mumbai, the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and recently the Bandra Worli Sea Link. Over the past few years, it has lagged behind but now we have the support of the chief minister and hence all these projects were approved.”

The committee approved the 11-km Borivali-Thane (Tikujini Wadi) tunnel, 4-kmThane-Ghodbunder elevated road, 1.83 km-bridge on Sion-Panvel Road (Vashi Creek), the 800-km Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communications Expressway, the capacity augmentation of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, four-laning of the 21.1-km Bhiwandi-Kalyan-Shilphata Road, etc. “The CM has given approval to the tunnel under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park — this project will cut down the travel time of motorists by one hour. With this, Thane to Borivali will be connected in 10 minutes. We will prepare DPRs now,” he said.

The MSRDC is confident the project will be approved by the environment ministry. MSRDC will also go ahead with the preparation of the detailed project report to finalise the exact alignment of the Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communications Expressway. “This is going to be a Greenfield project. Out of the 800 km, around 500 km of Expressway would go through backward areas of Maharashtra thus benefiting them in a holistic manner. Real growth will happen as it opens lot of avenues to set up industries along the expressway that will create jobs. We also plan to have IT parks wherever possible, smart cities will be planned along with educational hubs, all these would benefit these areas immensely,” he said.

MSRDC officials added that the projects include six-lane elevated road on Thane-Ghodbunder section. The total length of the project is 4 km and the cost is Rs 784 crore. The Committee also approved to proposal to augment the capacity of Mumbai-Pune Expressway with two tunnels, two viaduct, elevated roads and measures to increase security, added Radheshyam Mopalwar, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, MSRDC.

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