MMRDA asks BMC to pay land cost to MoD for Vakola Nalla bridge widening work

Since MMRDA is only executing the SCLR extension project while it belongs to the BMC, it has asked the civic body to pay the land acquisition compensation. The MMRDA letter reads, “With reference to said working permission, you are requested to settle/pay market rate as worked out by the MoD (i.e. Rs 27,23,74,136) directly to office concerned of MoD and convey MCGM’s In-principle acceptance to MMRDA so as to pay the related cost required to be complied/fulfilled so that the most delayed & incomplete/half-done work of road widening to its full DP width can be completed to ease traffic congestion at Vakola Junction.”

Meanwhile, the MMRDA official cited above also clarified that the Vakola Nalla bridge widening project will not impact the progress of ongoing SCLR extension bridge work which is between Kapadia Nagar Junction (just after L B S Road) and ends on the WEH near Vakola junction.The SCLR extension is a 3.8-km elevated road being constructed at cost of about Rs 415 crore and is expected to be ready by 2023.