Quadrupling work on Virar-Dahanu Road railway line picks up pace again

Quadrupling work on the Virar-Dahanu Road railway line, which has been delayed by over two years, has started picking up pace again. Besides designs and layouts of the project being completed, work has also started on construction of bridges on the stretch.

The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), which is executing the project, had earlier said that land acquisition for the project would be completed by end of 2019 and work on the third and fourth rail lines would be completed around mid-2023. However, the project got delayed due to issues of land acquisition and the lockdown.

Now, while almost 70 per cent of land acquisition has been completed, officials said tender has also been invited for earthworks,