The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will cumulatively shell out Rs 400 crore as the land acquisition and rehabilitation cost for 19 buildings for the road expansion proposed on both sides of the Elphinstone Road Rail overbridge.
The project is part of Sewri-Worli connector, being carried out by the MMRDA, which will also expand the existing road on both sides of the Elphinstone overbridge by 130-160 feet as proposed in the developmental plan of Mumbai, for which 19 buildings need to be demolished. Of the total 19 buildings that need to be demolished coming in the road expansion alignment, 12 are in the F-South civic ward and seven are in the G-South civic ward, with mostly being cessed buildings.
