Authority mum on combining lines

The MMRDA did not respond to a suggestion on combining the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd and Colaba-Bandra-Seepz lines into one Charkop-Bandra-Cuffe Parade underground corridor and taking up Dharavi-Seepz and Bandra Kurla Complex-Mankhurd as underground extensions.

Written by Express News Service
Mumbai | April 12, 2012 01:18 AM IST

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The MMRDA did not respond to a suggestion on combining the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd and Colaba-Bandra-Seepz lines into one Charkop-Bandra-Cuffe Parade underground corridor and taking up Dharavi-Seepz and Bandra Kurla Complex-Mankhurd as underground extensions.

The suggestion was put forth by Nitin Killawala,director at Group Seven Architects and Planners,and was based on a recommendation by E Sreedharan,the then managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation,in 2009.

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We had written to the MMRDA about this in January,but they havent responded or discussed it with us, Killawala said.

Another suggestion called for dropping the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro altogether and promoting the bus rapid transport system concept to save a lot of expenditure and inconvenience.