Navi Mumbai metro project delayed, commuters may start ride in 2020.
Mumbai: The city and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has announced that by Navi Mumbai first phase of the metro project will be ready by May 2019. Commuters will take the first ride only by April 2020, said on Wednesday. A senior official said that The project has been delayed by a year as the planning agency has not been able to finish the development of the metro stations on time. The first package includes six stations, the second package has five stations. For the first phase of the project, almost 11 stations are ready. Senior public relations officer of Cisco, Mohan Ninawa said “The contract of building platforms was given to a consortium of Sanjose-Mahavir-Supreme. But we terminated the contract last year as the work was slow and they were unable to finish work in stipulated time”. “The contract of building platforms was given to a consortium of Sanjose-Mahavir-Supreme. But we terminated the contract last year as the work was slow and they were unabl...