On Thursday, MMRDA announced that it appointed M/s. Ritwik Projects Pvt. Ltd. as the contractor for the construction of the car depot at Kasheli for Metro Line 5. The project has been awarded to them at a quoted amount of Rs. 589,56,02,078, the lowest tender received.

MMRDA is making significant progress in developing all metro corridors. One of these corridors is the 24.9 km stretch of Metro Line 5 (Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan), which is being developed in two phases.