Overview
- The Maharashtra Cabinet infrastructure sub‑committee approved the two projects on Thursday, clearing a 3.55‑km road connector in Mumbai and a 1.4‑km elevated metro extension in Nagpur.
- The Bandra Fort connector is budgeted at ₹1,722.40 crore, will be built by MSRDC, and is designed to link the Savarkar Sea Bridge with the Versova‑Bandra Sea Link to sharply cut peak travel times.
- The connector is expected to carry about 3,500 passenger cars per hour and reduce Worli‑to‑Fort peak travel from as much as 45 minutes to roughly 5–10 minutes while easing Fort‑to‑Versova trips.
- The Nagpur Metro Phase‑II extension will cost about ₹310.35 crore, be implemented by Maha‑Metro, add one elevated station at Kanhan town and is projected to serve nearly 20,000 extra daily riders after central approvals and finalised financing.
- The state included social and environmental mitigation in project budgets — ₹50 crore for hutment rehabilitation, ₹20 crore for fishermen, and ₹20 crore for environmental measures — and has said Morwa (Chandrapur) runway work will proceed only if DGCA‑compliant design and commercial viability are shown.