Railways gets nod for cab based signalling system freepressjournal.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freepressjournal.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mumbai: MMRDA approves ₹12.96k cr budget for 2021-22
MMRDA said commercial operations of Metro-2A and Metro-7 are likely to begin this year
(Mint)Premium
. Updated: 24 Feb 2021, 12:25 AM IST PTI
The budget has made sizable provisions for metro projects, flyovers, Mumbai Tran-Harbour Link Project, MUTP and MUIP, as well as metro staff housing
The authority also allocated ₹100 crore for late Balasaheb Thackeray s memorial and ₹260 crore for Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar s memorial, MMRDA said
Share Via
Read Full Story
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Tuesday approved its ₹12,969.35 crore budget for 2021-22.
The budget, presented in the 150th meeting of the planning and executing authority for Mumbai Metropolitan Region, has made sizable provisions for metro projects, flyovers, Mumbai Tran-Harbour Link Project (MTHL), MUTP and MUIP, as well as metro staff housing.
The budget was approved by MMRDA meeting under the chairpmanship of Maharashtra urban development minister Eknath Shinde. (File photo)
MUMBAI: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has approved an outlay of Rs 12,969 crore, of which around 35 per cent has been allocated for various Metro projects , in the budget estimates prepared for the financial year 2021-22.
The budget estimate for 2020-21 was 15,819 crore but it was revised to Rs 9,851 crore as per actual expenditure.
MMRDA spokesperson said, “The budget was approved by MMRDA meeting under the chairpmanship of state urban development minister Eknath Shinde today. The budget makes special provisions for infrastructure projects like public transport and Metro railway. This will help reduce the traffic congestion in Mumbai and ensure that Mumbaikars have a comfortable and shorter commute.1”
Synopsis
J&K has been directed to acquire and hand over all balance land for the project expeditiously and resolve the issue of sand and aggregate mining by January 15.
PTI
In the December 30 meeting , the PM also fixed a June 30, 2021, deadline for the road transport and highways ministry to complete the phase-1 and phase-2.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fixed fresh deadlines for six major infrastructure projects in major metros including Delhi and Mumbai as well as the Union Territory of J&K that he reviewed last week, ranging between mid-2021 and 2025.
The biggest of the projects is the 272-km long Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line in J&K worth Rs 28,000 crore which will join the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. The Prime Minister directed the railways ministry to speed up execution of the project and complete it by July 31, 2022, according to the minutes of the meeting, a copy of which was seen by ET.