Mumbai: Metro projects still on slow track but coastal road cruises ahead

Mumbai: The two years of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government have been a mixed bag for infrastructure projects as Metro projects lagged behind targets, while the other big-ticket Mumabai Coastal Road project executed by BMC has witnessed steady progress.
The first Metro line was opened in Mumbai in June 2014 but it has been almost seven years and Mumbaikars are still awaiting the opening of the second one. A senior state government official said, “Pandemic played a major role in disrupting timelines as labour had rushed to their home states, and supply lines got disrupted because of the global nature of the crisis.”
Metro 2A (DN Nagar-Dahisar) and 7 (Dahisar-Andheri via Western Express Highway), which were in advanced stages of completion a year ago, could be opened for commercial operations even though trials commenced on May 31. There has been no solution in sight for the depot for Metro 3 corridor and trials are slated to begin outside the depot in January 2022.