Of the nine metro corridors for which work is underway in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), two are expected to open by 2024, five by 2025 and another 2 by 2026.
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About 185 km length of metro work is being done in MMR, out of which 32.5 km (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) Metro 3 underground corridor is executed by Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) and the remaining by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), reports stated.
According to State Economic Survey, Metro 3 is the earliest corridor to open by 2023-24 as 79 per cent work on the project has been completed.
MMRC plans to open the line in two phases, Aarey-BKC in December 2023 and BKC-Cuffe Parade in July 2024.
Meanwhile, another project whose work is in an advanced stage is the Metro 6 route that will connect Swami Samarth Nagar to Vikhroli. MMRDA has achieved 63 per cent of its targeted works.
Besides, MMRDA has planned to partially open Line 9 on 5 km route between Dahisar and Mira Road in a year's time; though, the work has not begun yet. However, it has also come to light that the work for Line 4 (Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane) is yet to be commenced.
The trains of Metro line 7 and 2A, whose depot is at Charkop, will be used for Line 9 when it is partially opened.
In 2024, it will be able to open only a 5 km stretch of Metro 2B whose entire corridor is 23-km-long between DN Nagar to Mandale. The stretch that will be opened partially will be between Diamond Garden and Mandale, where depot for Metro 2B is planned.
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