In a relief to labourers in some parts, the Maharashtra government has given a nod to carry out the work of infrastructural projects including Mumbai-Nagpur corridor and Nhava-Sewri Trans Harbour Link outside the densely populated areas.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) informed that the work for Mumbai Trans Harbour Line (MTHL) has been started in the Raigad district side while the Mumbai-Nagpur highway work is ongoing at 70 locations across its 800 km length, the Times of India reported.
This has provided work opportunity for over 30,000 workers and labourers in Maharashtra amid the nationwide lockdown. Moreover, the Public Works Department has also started work on state highways.
Senior MSRDC officials informed that the permission to continue the corridor work was given as it had dedicated Labour camps where the health check-ups are carried out. The MMRDA officials also stated that their workers put their labour in enclosed camps where the entry and exit are monitored.
Along with this, the pre-monsoon work on the eastern and western express highway will start too. The Colaba-Bandra-Seepz - Metro 3 - work will take off soon before the monsoon hits in Mumbai.
During the lockdown period, the MMRDA has already started improving the surface of Western Express Highway. The development authority has started laying mastic asphalt at Airport Junction flyover and the road, a TOI stated.
The MMRDA plans to finish its work on the Western Express Highway before the monsoon. The Maharashtra government relaxed some rules for the lockdown allowing some industries to resume operations as well.
The Chief Minister further announced that financial activities on some front will be initiated in districts where zero COVID-19 cases have been reported. Uddhav Thackeray said that industries can begin to operate in green zones.
“Business and financial activities have been hit during this time of the coronavirus. We have divided the regions in Maharashtra under red, orange and green zones. The industries can start to operate under green zones from April 20 where no COVID-19 cases have been reported,” Thackeray announced while adding that the state government will provide food grains to the labours working there.
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