CR okays monorail over railway tracks.

After sending the proposal back and forth for more than three years, the Central Railway has recently given the go-ahead to the city’s development authority to take the second phase of the Mumbai monorail above the suburban railway tracks, clearing one of the main hurdles.

With the railway’s approval in the bag, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) expects to complete the project by the end of 2015.

UPS Madan, metropolitan commissioner at the MMRDA, said, 'The Central Railway gave a clearance last month to construct the monorail viaduct over the railway tracks at Currey Road. Work on the piers has started.'

The MMRDA needed the Central Railway’s clearance for the second phase of the monorail from Wadala to Jacob Circle near Mahalaksmi at two places -Wadala and Currey Road. The development authority had received a green signal for the Wadala crossing, where the work is already underway, a few months ago. However, the clearance for the Currey Road crossing was delayed further due to a confusion between the railway and the MMRDA.

THE INDIAN EXPRESS