Mumbai Metro races against time to meet 2025 deadline

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA is constructing an extensive Mumbai Metro network of 12 lines spanning 3371 km across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR Of these four lines covering 589 km including the 1244 km underground Aqua Line 3 are operational while eight lines covering 1657 km are at various stages of construction with the remaining corridors still in the planning and tendering phase At least four Metro corridors have been targeted for completion by December 2025 Mumbai Metro Network Status updateYellow Line 2BRoute DN Nagar Andheri ndash Mandale MankhurdCost Rs 10986 croreStatus 8337 complete track work and finishing ongoing PicRane AshishRed Line 7A9Route Andheri E ndash CSMIA and Dahisar E ndash Mira BhayanderCost Rs 6607 croreStatus Red Line 9 DahisarMira Bhayander ndash 9637 complete Phase 1 Dahisar Kashigaon 45 km 4 stations ndash December 2025 Phase 2 KashigaonMira Bhayander 46 km 4 stations ndash December 2026 Red Line 7A Andheri ECSMIA 135 km ndash 5637 complete PicAtul KambleGreen Line 4Route Wadala ndash Thane KasarvadavaliCost Rs 14549 croreStatus 7937 complete divided into three phasesCompletion targets Kasarvadavali to Cadbury Junction 78 km 8 stations ndash December 2025 Cadbury Junction to Gandhi Nagar 106 km 11 stations ndash December 2026 Gandhi Nagar to Wadala final stretch 11 stations ndash November 2027 Original cost Rs 2632 crore Original deadline July 2021 PicRajendra B AklekarGreen Line 4ARoute Kasarvadavali ndash GaimukhCost Rs 949 croreStatus 8937 completeCompletion target December 2025 Original cost Rs 44084 crore Original deadline April 2025PicSatej SindeAqua Line 3 Status Mumbairsquos first underground Metro is 947737 Phase 2 BKC ndash Worli 335 km set to open midApril 2025 PicNimesh DavePink Line 6Route Swami Samarth Nagar Lokhandwala ndash VikhroliCost Rs 6716 croreStatus 7837 complete depot construction ongoing at KanjurmargCompletion target December 2026PicRajendra B AklekarOrange Line 5Route Thane ndash Bhiwandi ndash KalyanCost Rs 8417 croreStatus Divided into two phasesCompletion targets Thane Bhiwandi 119 km 6 stations ndash December 2026 94637 complete Bhiwandi Kalyan ndash June 2029 Original deadline March 2022Orange Line 12Route Kalyan ndash TalojaStations 19Cost Rs 5865 croreStatus 6537 completeCompletion target December 2027Green Line 10 extensionRoute Gaimukh ndash Shivaji Chowk Mira RoadCost Rs 4476 croreStatus Under tenderingDeadline March 2030 According to MMRDA data the four corridors set to open include 54 km stretch of five stations between Mandale and Chembur on Yellow Line 2B Kasarvadavali to Gaimukh Line 4A Kasarvadavali to Cadbury Junction a part of Line 4 977 km stretch between BKC and Acharya Atre Chowk Aqua Line 3 expected to be operational by midApril 2025 subject to clearance from the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety CMRS3371 KMLength of Mumbai Metro networkPublic reactions amp expert opinionsAnil Galgali ActivistlsquoSeveral Metro corridors have missed deadlines leading to cost escalations The MMRDA and state government must prioritise and complete these projects without further delaysrsquoAshok Datar Transport analystlsquoWith Metro construction delayed BEST buses must step in The Metro will take at least two more years but if BEST adds 10 lakh daily riders it can bridge the gap with more electric buses Right now public transport needs urgent reinforcementrsquoHarish T Poojary CommuterlsquoThe speed of Metro construction in Mumbai must increase Years of work barricaded roads and endless traffic jams have become unbearable The Metro should have been ready 20 years ago and now that work has started it must be completed on timersquoMMRDA CommissionerMumbai in Minutesrsquo is no longer just a dream mdash it is becoming a reality thanks to the rapidly growing Mumbai Metro network With multiple corridors crisscrossing the city what once took hours will now take mere minutes The partial commissioning of Metro Lines 2B 4ndash4A and 9 marks a significant leap in this journey of transformationFrom Mira Bhayander to the eastern suburb and Thane will be getting their first metro Areas once considered distant are now being drawn closer through worldclass metro connectivity This is not just infrastructure itrsquos a movement toward safer cleaner faster and more inclusive urban travel The future of commuting in Mumbai has arrived mdash and it runs on the tracks of the Metrordquo mdash Dr Sanjay Mukherjee IAS Metropolitan Commissioner MMRDAOther lines under development Green Line 11 Wadala ndash SP Mukherjee Chowk 127 km is now under MMRCL Gold Line 8 Airport Road ndash Navi Mumbai Airport 35 km DPR to be prepared by CIDCO under PPP model Magenta Line 14 Kanjurmarg ndash Badlapur 45 km draft DPR received tenders issued for environmental impact report