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Mumbai metro eyes completing Colaba-Seepz corridor by September 2020

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, which is implementing the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz corridor, on Friday said 100 per cent tunnelling work of the project will be completed by September next year. Apart from this, the Corporation hopes to complete 70 per cent of civil work and get the first rolling stock by December 2020, MMRC said in a statement. The statement comes at a time when chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has put a stay on metro car shed proposed at Aarey colony, touted as the lungs of the city. Currently, more than 70 per cent of the tunnelling work across the 33 km corridor has been completed. "As part of in-situ development, the tender for rehab buildings Kalbadevi-3 and Girgaon 3 will be awarded in January and May, respectively. Also bids for O&M work is expected in February. Besides this, track laying work for the main line will also commence," it said. The nearly Rs 30,000-crore project will connect Cuffe Parade business district in the extreme south of the city to SEEPZ in .

Alstom starts making train sets for Mumbai Metro, to deliver by Nov 2020

Alstom's overall contract with Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation is valued at Euro 452 million. It would be running on a 33.5-kilometre in total length of Aqua Line.

Infra developers in wait and watch mode in new Uddhav-led coalition govt

Shiv Sena has so far expressed concerns over car shed for the city's planned metro network, the bullet train and the West Coast refinery projects

After taking over as CM, Thackeray stays Metro carshed work in Aarey Colony

Thackeray clarified that he had not stayed the work of the Mumbai metro rail project itself

India, Germany to collaborate on Mumbai Metro, solar projects: Official

Government-to-government negotiations were held on Wednesday and it was decided that 25 concrete projects would be carried out between the two countries

SC extends ban on felling of trees in Aarey for Mumbai Metro project

The top court asked the BMC to submit a status report on the activities proposed in the Aarey forest area

Rs 1,500 crore needed to complete stalled projects in Mumbai region: Study

As many as 55,000 buyers have been affected by stalled projects in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and are awaiting completion of these projects

Not going to stop the construction of metro car shed work in Aarey: SC

BMC tells SC it is not going to cut any more trees, top court seeks status report on plantation and transplantation

We will not stop construction of Metro shed project in Aarey for now: SC

A bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta sought a status report with pictures on plantation, transplantation and felling of trees in Aarey colony area of BMC

Mumbai Metro line 5 hits roadblock, 100 villagers oppose land acquisition

The villagers said do not want to lose their land to make way for a car shed as it is their only source of livelihood

Heart of the Aarey crisis lies in the row over definition of 'forest'

Activists hope Aarey case changes norms at a time of global climate protests

Tube tales: Inspired by Delhi's success, Indian cities take the metro

With Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and some other cities building metro networks to overcome choked roads, trains and buses, more than Rs 1 trillion was invested in metro rail projects in 2018-19

Prohibitory orders lifted from Mumbai's stir-hit Aarey Milk Colony

Normalcy has returned to the area where movement of people and transport has resumed

SC bars further tree felling in Aarey, orders release of arrested activists

MMRCL tells apex court it had already felled the trees needed to be cut for the metro car shed project, SC asks it to maintain status quo

After chopping 2,141 trees in Aarey, Metro says will abide by SC order

The corporation is executing 33.5-km long Colaba-Speez Metro 3 and has alreay cut as much as 2,141 trees in the disputed site

Don't cut any more trees in Aarey till Oct 21: SC tells Maharashtra govt

On Sunday, the court received a letter by the students' group against the axing of trees in the Aarey forest, decided to pursue it as PIL and constituted a "special bench" to hear the matter

Cut no more trees in Aarey colony till Oct 21; release those arrested: SC

The court has asked the Union Environment ministry to be a party in the matter

Aarey protest: Court grants bail to 29 protesters arrested over last 2 days

However, the protesters are unlikely to walk out of the Thane jail on Sunday pending completion of the legal procedure and other formalities

Trees cut down in Aarey Colony as police stand guard against protests

Most of the shops, restaurants and roadside stalls remained closed in the area in view of the imposition of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), banning unlawful assembly, since Saturday

29 activists arrested after clash with police as Aarey tree cutting starts

The police on Saturday imposed section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Aarey, restricting movements and gathering of groups, and cordoned off the area