What’s in store for Navi Mumbai in the new year?

From mass housing scheme for economically weaker section EWS and lowincome group LIG to the inauguration of Metro phase I and water transportmdashthese are all set to become reality in 2022 in Navi Mumbai midday reached out to Dr Sanjay Mukherjee managing director and vicechairman of CIDCO about the projectsMass HousingCome January 2022 and nearly 5000 flatsmdash1800 EWS and 3200 openmdashwould be allotted under the lottery scheme ldquoWe are in the process of constructing 105000 residential houses under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana PMAY and projects registered with MahaRERA with state of art facilities worth around R30000 crore The possession for the 5000 flats would start from January 2022rdquo said Dr MukherjeeThe tenements designed by architect Hafeez Contractor are located at five locationsmdashGhansoli Dronagiri Kharghar Kalamboli and Taloja These Buildings will have amenities like internal roads street lights security cabin society office electrical substation compound wall for additional security play equipment in play area rain water storage and organic waste converters etcDr Sanjay Mukherjee MD and vicechairman of CIDCOldquoCIDCO shall be the market maker and stabiliser will set the standards and the price for the market and also provide shelter to firsttime home buyers and those who cannot otherwise afford by providing welldesigned flats at an affordable price The prices for these tenements would range from R15 to R30 lakhrdquo he saidNavi Mumbai MetroWith an aim to decongest the growing traffic and to boost better connectivity CIDCO initiated the elevated Metro line under the ambit of Navi Mumbai Metro project covering the 11km stretch between CBD Belapur and Pendhar Taloja almost a decade ago but due to various engineering and contractor related issues it got delayedldquoWe are awaiting the last leap of inspection by the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety CMRS and the required documentation part as required for submission is also taken care of by our operators Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited on behalf of CIDCO We are hopeful that before the first quarter of 2022 this metro stretch will be operationalrdquo said Dr MukherjeeWater transportThe work of Nerul passenger water terminal is now complete and ready for passenger transport operation and may start operations by the first quarter of 2022 Confirming the same Dr Mukherjee said ldquoCIDCO has completed its part by constructing a jetty at Nerul and marina at Belapur and the project cost is around Rs 150 crore We are satisfied that the work could be completed within November 2021 the target date The jetty at Nerul is a multipurpose jetty and it is a part of the ongoing development of a water transport project that the state government had already approved and the work is under way at Ferry Wharf by Mumbai Port Trust and MandwardquoNavi Mumbai airportThe land acquisition and rehabilitation for Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited NMIAL project undertaken by CIDCO is complete and the land development work and recoursing of Ulwe river and shifting of 220 KV and 110 KV Extra High Voltage Transmission EHVT lines passing through the upcoming airport area is completeConfirming the progress of work Dr Mukherjee said ldquoAdani Airport Holding Ltd has already started the work at the site and has also issued notice to proceed to the main contractor LampT The airport is estimated at around Rs 20000 crore of which CIDCOrsquos share of R6000 crore has already been donerdquoNAINAWith an intent for development in Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area NAINA CIDCO is all set for future sustainable development in NAINA notified areas of 371 sq km of the land from Thane and Raigad districts thereby restricting haphazard development around the upcoming NMIAldquoWe are in the process of introducing different Town Planning Schemes TPS in NAIA notified areas and as on 2021 end NAINA has almost completed the TPS 1 internal development of widening the roads and will soon begin the work for the next phaserdquo said Dr MukherjeeNAINA areas will be well planned cities with education hubs research and development ecotourism entertainment zones etc which will be well connected with the help of highways railways and metro and surely in future will facilitate the business and economic growthNodal InfrastructuresDr Mukherjee said ldquoPost 1970 the last time the CIDCO master plan was reviewed was 2000 and it has not been reviewed since We have hired Tata Consulting Engineers to carry out an extensive study on the existing master plan of CIDCO and make submission with a 30year vision plan so that the required changes can be gradually made keeping in mind the future need of the population with increase in the development happening around Navi Mumbai and Raigad district areardquoOther major infra worksOther infrastructure connectivity projects include the multilane expansion of SionPanvel highway till Mumbai Pune Expressway Palm Beach Road extension to UlweUran and MumbaiPune expressway