Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s dream project — the Mumbai Coastal Road — crossed a major milestone on Monday with the excavation of the first tunnel from Priyadarshini Park to Girgaon Chowpatty.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is executing the mega project.
As part of the 10.58-km coastal road project from Princess Street Flyover at Marine Lines to the Worli end of Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the BMC is constructing 2.07-km twin tunnels between Priyadarshini Park to Girgaon Chowpatty passing under Malabar Hill and the Arabian Sea near the coast.
The tunnel is being made using ‘Malva’, India’s biggest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). Thackeray himself witnessed the historic moment joining virtually.
