The railway ministry’s commissioner of metro railway safety will inspect the Navi Mumabi Metro on January 17 in what officials say will be the final stage of approval for the public transport system.
Though the work on the metro started in 2011, it has been delayed for various reasons, prompting the City and Industrial Development Corporation, the nodal agency for building the railway system, to appoint Maha Metro for expediting the work. The corporation is developing four elevated corridors under the project.
A trial run on Line 1, spanning 11.1 km with 11 stations between Belapur and Pendhar and a depot at Taloja, was conducted in May last year.
