The Government of Maharashtra plans to set up another body to oversee the completion of the remaining - and the most critical - phases of the Mumbai Metro Rail Project, an MMRDA official told Projectmonitor. "The Maharashtra government has passed a resolution to form Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, which will take another three months to establish in its physical form," he said.
The state government has authorised the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to take up pending work on the metro rail project for which the necessary formalities and registration is under way.
Meanwhile, physical work on line-II (Colaba-Bandra-Charkop) has begun as he preliminary survey on the site location has been completed. Survey report of line-III (Mahim-Kurla-Mankhurd) of this project has been completed and will soon be submitted to the state Cabinet. The proposed Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation will decide the future of these two lines and its members will be empowered to take decisions. For instance, the corporation will decide whether the project should be implemented on BOT/BOOT basis or on its own.