MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Cabinet Infrastructure Committee has approved a 35-km Metro project aimed at linking the Mumbai and Navi Mumbai international airports with a budget exceeding Rs 22,000 crore.
The corridor will feature 20 stations: 6 underground and 14 elevated. The land acquisition for the project will cover 30.7 hectares and is estimated to cost Rs 388 crore, as per a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.
The committee, a high-level ministerial group, has sanctioned the Metro Line 8 project, projected to cost Rs 22,862 crore.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has instructed that all land acquisition and necessary approvals for the Metro project, from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Navi Mumbai International Airport, be completed within six months, with construction to finish within three years post-approval.
Of the total 35 km, 9.25 km will be underground—from Mumbai Airport Terminal 2 to Ghatkopar East—while the elevated section will stretch 24.63 km from Ghatkopar West to Navi Mumbai Airport Terminal 2.
Fadnavis has also urged relevant departments to expedite the extension of the Samruddhi Expressway on the Nagpur-Gondia and Bhandara-Gadchiroli routes, ensuring timely project completion.
Additionally, in light of the upcoming Kumbh Mela, the committee has approved a 66.15 km ring road project in Nashik city at a cost of Rs 3,954 crore.
The panel also authorized the upgrade of the 85.76 km Navegaon More-Konsari-Mulchera-Hedri-Surjagad highway in Gadchiroli district to a four-lane cement concrete road, to facilitate mineral transportation.
