The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) and Mumbai Port Trust are set to start pilot run of water taxi services between domestic cruise terminal (DCT) at Princess Dock in Mazgaon in South Mumbai and Belapur in Navi Mumbai.
This development came after a trial run was initiated in October last week. According to reports, the pilot run will take place for a few days before full-fledged service is formally launched. The officials stated that the trial run, supposed to be conducted by MMB and Mumbai Port Trust, have taken place and now services can be launched in just a couple of weeks.
However, with this, passengers can now travel from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai in just 45 minutes. It usually takes one and a half hour to cover the same distance by road.
Officials said one operator will be appointed to provide the catamaran services, which will be able to accommodate 65 to 70 passengers.
As per sources, the estimated one-way fare is likely to be around INR 300, which is much higher than a train ticket that costs INR 15 for second class and INR 150 for first class travel.
In addition, water taxis would also ply from Belapur to Thane and Gateway of India and Vashi to Thane and Gateway of India.
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