Dahisar-Bandra-Mankhurd corridor set to be costliest Metro project.

While experts have found it feasible to merge the stalled Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro with the proposed Dahisar-Charkop corridor, and construct the entire line underground instead of elevated as was originally planned, the changes will cause the cost of the project to escalate by 134 per cent.

Proposed to be built at Rs. 28,900 crore, including all taxes and duties, the fully-underground Dahisar-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro will be the costliest Metro Rail corridor and one of the most expensive infrastructure projects planned for Mumbai so far. The cost of the 32-km Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd corridor was originally pegged at Rs. 7,660 crore, while that of the 7.8-km Charkop-Dahisar corridor was estimated to cost Rs. 4,680 crore.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had engaged RITES, a Union government enterprise that provides engineering consultancy services, to study the possibility of merging the two corridors and constructing them completely underground. The consultancy firm had given MMRDA a detailed presentation on its report in the last week of May.


THE INDIAN EXPRESS