The casting of the first pier for the 11.38 Km long Mumbai Metro line 9 has officially started. This Metro line will connect Dahisar East with Mira Bhayandar. The project is handled by the construction firm, J Kumar Infraprojects which won the contract from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in January this year.
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As per the plan, the first pier, known as P63, will be situated across Thakur Mall which is near the upcoming Pandurang Wadi Station. This pier will reportedly be 9 meters high. Reports say that a total of 491 piers will be constructed across the north-western suburbs for Metro line 9.
The project work will also consist of the construction of three double-decker viaducts on Kashmira Road spanning 1.5 Km, 1.1 Km, and 754 meters for vehicles and metro trains respectively.
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Further, seven stations are to be constructed at Pandurang Wadi, Miragaon, Kashigaon, Sai Baba Nagar, Meditya Nagar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Garden, and Subhash Chandra Bose Ground.
Authorities have faced multiple hurdles during Metro-related construction across Mumbai. Recently, the MMRDA delayed the construction of Metro lines 2A and 7 after the agency failed to acquire a car shed at Dahisar. The coronavirus pandemic was also cited as one of the reasons for the delay.
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