Triple-engine sarkar for a better Mumbai?

With civic polls expected soon Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his inauguration trip to Mumbai on Thursday to pitch for a tripleengine sarkar Stating that the role of local bodies is crucial in the speedy development of cities like Mumbai he stressed on better coordination between the Centre state government and the local administration He inaugurated Metro lines 2A and 7 and projects worth Rs 38500 crore for the cityModi was speaking from the MMRDA grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex where Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and other leaders were in attendanceThe PM announced projects for concretisation of 400 km of roads seven sewage treatment plants three super speciality hospital buildings and inauguration of clinics under Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Davakhana scheme The PM also initiated loan disbursement under Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi PM SVANidhi schemePM Modi and CM Shinde share a moment at the dais before the inauguration ceremony in BKC PicSayyed Sameer AbediAddressing the packed MMRDA grounds he said ldquoThe role of our cities is most important in building a developed India and it needs political will With the inspiration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj the spirit of lsquoSwarajrsquo and lsquoSurajrsquo is reflected in the double engine government The role of local bodies in the speedy development of cities like Mumbai is also crucial and there is no shortage of budgetrdquo but of will he assertedAlso Read New India dreams big achieves its goals PM says no dearth of funds for MumbaildquoThe BJP or NDA government always puts development before politics but schemes like PM SVANidhi loan scheme for hawkers had been haltedrdquo he said targeting the Opposition which was in power before the BJP and rebel Sena took charge of governance last yearldquoLoans offered to 5 lakh beneficiaries under SVANidhi scheme were approved in Maharashtra as well and the work should have been done long back However due to the absence of a doubleengine government every work was hampered and the beneficiaries had to sufferrdquo he added ldquoThere needs to be better coordination between central state and local governments for the implementation of projectsrdquo Modi said adding that Mumbai will be transformed in the coming yearsA driverless Metro train leaves Shankar Wadi station after inauguration by PM Narendra Modi on Thursday PicUday DevrukhkarldquoModernised local trains extensive network of Metro fast connectivity with other cities with Vande Bharat and Bullet train will transform the transport system of Mumbai Modernisation of CSMT will offer multimodal and seamless connectivity between local Metro bus taxis etcrdquo the PM saidldquoWe have strong support from the central government We have our government in Central as well as in the State Municipal elections will be held in the next few days Then this double engine of development will be converted into a triple enginerdquo Shinde saidThe CM said that the ldquopeople of Maharashtra are fortunate that PM Modi is here to inaugurate projectsrdquo He said that a few people are scared of the work his government has completed in the past fivesix monthsA packed MMRDA ground for the PMrsquos event at BKC on Thursday PicSayyed Sameer AbediProjects initiated by PM Modigtgt Metro lines Metro line 2A that connects Dahisar East and D N Nagar in Andheri West yellow line is around 186km long while line 7 that connects Andheri East to Dahisar East E red line is around 165k longgtgt Aapla Dawakhana He inaugurated 20 new clinics under Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Davakhana scheme and laid foundation stones for Bhandup Multispeciality Municipal Hospital Nahur Siddharth Hospital Goregaon and Oshiwara maternity hospitalgtgt Sewage Treatment Plants The plants will be opened at Worli Bandra Dharavi Versova Malad Bhandup and Ghatkopar with a combined capacity to treat 24640 crore litres per daygtgt Concretisation of roads PM launched the work for concretisation of 397 km of roads in the city The BMC will spend Rs 6079 crore for the work with an aim to complete it in the next 24 monthsgtgt Redevelopment of CSMT CSMT will be restored to its 1930 look but with stateoftheart technology The Rs 1813crore project also includes segregation of arrival and departure areas