Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will visit Mumbai to inaugurate developmental projects worth Rs 29,400 crore.
He will attend the foundation stone laying ceremony at Goregaon’s NESCO Exhibition Centre, government officials said. The prime minister will also attend other programs in the city.
Meanwhile, the BJP-led Mahayuti swept the Legislative Council polls on Friday by winning nine out of 10 seats. This is the first noteworthy victory won by the alliance after a poor show in the Lok Sabha elections.
PM Modi’s schedule in Mumbai
- At 5:30 pm the prime minister will attend a function at the NESCO Exhibition Centre to inaugurate developmental projects linked to transportation and connectivity in the financial capital
- PM Modi will also launch the Mukhyamantri Yuva Karya Prashikshan Yojana in Mumbai
- Following the function at NESCO, PM Modi will pay a visit to the Indian News Service (INS) Secretariat at 7 pm in Bandra Kurla Complex
- The PM will lay the foundation stones of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) Thane-Borivali and the BMC’s Goregaon Mulund Link Road projects, both with twin tunnels. He will lay the foundation stone for Central Railway’s Kalyan yard remodelling and the Gati Shakti MultiModal Cargo Terminal at Turbhe in Navi Mumbai. He will dedicate to the nation new platforms at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and extension of platforms 10 and 11 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
An MMRDA spokesperson said the Thane- Borivali Tunnel Project is being built at Rs 16,600 crore, adding the twin tube tunnels passing under Sanjay Gandhi National Park will create a direct connection between Western Express Highway at Borivali and Ghodbunder Road in Thane.
The 11.8-kilometer-long Borivali Thane Link Road will reduce the journey from Thane to Borivali by 12 kilometres and save one hour in travel time, he added.
“The twin tunnels of the Rs 6,300 crore Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project will connect the Western Express Highway at Goregaon to the Eastern Express Highway at Mulund. The project will bring down the travel time to 25 minutes from the current 75 minutes,” a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
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