The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has completed the Rs 12,000 crore-worth coastal road project from Marine Drive to Worli, 40 percent physical work has been completed including a one-km-long tunnel, BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Thursday. The project will be completed in November 2023. The work completed includes a tunnel of one-km length and 40-feet diameter under the Malabar Hill in south Mumbai. Only 900 metres of the tunnel work is remaining now, Chahal said. It is the “first-of-its kind” under-sea tunnel project of 40-feet diameter executed in the country, he claimed.
According to Chahal, the coastal road project being accomplished by the civic body between Marine Drive and Worli is 27-km-long and includes 16-km-long interchanges. The project also includes a 125-acre garden on the reclaimed land adjoining the coastal road with an underground parking facility for 1,852 cars. “The work is going on round-the-clock in three shifts and the project will be completed in November 2023,” Chahal stated.
India’s largest 12.19-metre-diameter tunnel is being constructed 20 metres below the shore of the Arabian Sea and 70 metres below the Malabar Hill and has three lanes for transportation for south and north bound traffic. One of the lanes is proposed to be reserved for emergency transport, according to the BMC.
