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Mumbai: On Thursday the Bombay High Court told the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to grant the hearing to residents objecting to the tree cutting proposal for the Metro car shed project. The court was hearing a petition filed by Preeti Menon and Ruben Mascarenhas, Aam Aadmi Party leaders and social activists through lawyer Rakesh Singh, seeking a direction to stop the “indiscriminate premature felling of trees inside Aarey colony” till permissions are obtained to construct the metro car shed/metro station. The petition says that on September 29, while driving past Aarey Colony, Menon happened to see trees being felled along Aarey Marol Road. “On making inquiries, she learned that the approach ramp and road to the car shed were being constructed… It was seen that more than 100 huge trees were cut and many more were being surveyed. It is the estimation of the petitioner that almost 400 or more full-grown trees are being slated for chopping,...

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is likely complete the Metro-3 corridor ( Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ ) by December 2021 instead of early 2021. It has also reduced the length of the phase-1 corridor. MMRC officials have blamed the revision on protracted legal battles over the cutting of trees and a Bombay high court stay on construction at night . The 33.5-km underground Metro is to be commissioned in two phases. MMRC has reduced the length of the corridor under phase-1, which was originally planned between the Aarey Milk Colony car depot and Bandra-Kurla Complex. Now, the first phase will connect the car depot to the airport. “The first phase, which is from the car depot to the airport, will be commissioned by March 2021. And the second phase, which is from the airport to Cuffe Parade, will be operational by December 2021,” said Ashwini Bhide, managing director, MMRC. The project has faced numerous hurdles owing to opposition and petitions from environmental grou...

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has appointed GD Sambhare & RH Mahimatura Architects to provide Architectural, Design and PMC services for Kalbadevi-Girgaum in-situ rehabilitation scheme. The tender for appointment of the architect was  invited in June 2017. The scope of contract includes Planning and Architectural designs, Structural design, Construction supervision and management (PMC) of buildings to be redeveloped. Part of the lands of impacted buildings in Kalbadevi-Girgaum would be utilised by MMRC for construction of underground Metro stations, ancillary works, ventilation shafts, entry/exit structures and other related activities. The redevelopment of properties will be undertaken simultaneously in the remaining lands and after completion will be allotted to the project affected families by 2021. “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Architects for the redevelopment of properties occupied by fami...

Mumbai: A Cuffe Parade resident has moved the Bombay High Court against the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) in connection with the construction of the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 underground corridor. He has alleged that barricades installed by the MMRC for construction have occupied maximum space on the access road leading to his society and the nearby societies making it difficult for the fire brigade to enter during an emergency. Residents from Colaba Woods Sports Complex Marg in Cuffe Parade have said that the MMRC is putting lives of residents in danger due to the Metro work barricades. The writ petition by Robin Jaisinghani prayed that directions be given to the MMRC to restore the road width of the Colaba Woods to at least 12 metres —minimum road width prescribed in Regulation 22 of the Development Control Regulations. According to the petitioner, the MMRC has barricaded the entire road. Now, vehicles heading further north towards Taj Vivanta President Hotel use the ...

Mumbai: Affected by the construction of the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 underground corridor, residents of South Mumbai have said that they plan to approach the Bombay High Court. Their contention is that the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) is allegedly risking peoples’ lives by going ahead with the construction the said underground corridor. They claim that the detailed project report (DPR) of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for several elevated Metro projects has stated that underground stations are more prone to terrorist attacks, whereas elevated stations are not. They claim that by going underground, MMRCL is allegedly undermining the safety of citizens. Jamshed Sukhadwalla, a resident of Marine Lines and a structural engineer, said, “If what is mentioned in the report of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for MMRDA on Metro-2B is true, then it will also be applicable to the Metro-3 underground corridor. This means that by...

Mumbai: Seven months after floating bids for construction of DN Nagar-Mandale Metro-2B corridor, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has hit a roadblock with the corridor still lacking a crucial nod from the Airport Authority of India (AAI). The elevated Metro corridor will run parallel to funnel zone of the Juhu aerodrome. Due to this, the height of the elevated Metro-2B will have to alter as the Juhu aerodrome consists of an emergency runway. It is also one of the busiest heliports in the country. According to MMRDA officials, it is the AAI nod that will be crucial for commencing civil construction work on Metro-2B corridor. Funnel zone is an area where there are height restrictions and where construction of more than four storeys is not permitted. The restrictions are imposed due to two reasons. First, the area is in the funnel of the runway and periphery of the airport for takeoff and landing of aircraft. Second, to ensure that radar signals are not distrib...