The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed 40% civil works of the ₹12,700 crore 10-km-long Coastal Road project between Nariman Point and Worli, including a one kilometre tunnel below Malabar Hill, said municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Thursday.
He added that the construction work will be completed by November 2023.
The coastal road project between Princess Street flyover and Worli-end of Bandra-Worli sea link was earlier expected to be ready by July 2023.
However, Covid-19 pandemic initially delayed the delivery of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) from China. Also, the BMC had to tweak its plan to not use Chinese experts for assembling the TBM in the backdrop of border tensions with the country.
