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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026) inaugurated Metro Line 9 and Metro Line 2B (Phase 1), portion besides flagging disconnected the arguable Thane–Borivali duplicate passageway task and laying the instauration for the pod taxi system—in a bid to grow connectivity successful the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
“For North-South connectivity, we person a coastal road, and for the east-west link, the nett of tunnels, which includes the Orange Gate passageway to decongest the Eastern Freeway, the Bandra–Sea Link to BKC Tunnel, a passageway to scope the airdrome with prospects of coastal roadworthy integration, and the Mulund–Goregaon Tunnel. The grid of tunnels and the Coastal Road volition purpose to decongest the postulation successful Mumbai,” said Mr. Fadnavis, during the motorboat of the duplicate passageway task successful Thane’s Manpada.
MMRDA’s 11.84 km twin-tunnel task is simply a six-lane roadworthy connecting Borivali successful Mumbai and Ghodbunder Road successful Thane, to beryllium constructed beneath Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). The task has been arguable owed to biology concerns, arsenic environmentalists judge the underground operation is apt to impact the habitat. It tin besides origin sound and h2o pollution. However, MMRDA has clarified that each large statutory approvals, including SBWL, NBWL, Forest Clearance (Stage I & II), FRA approvals, and Eco-Sensitive Zone clearance, person been secured.
