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IN PHOTOS: MMRDA does its bit to ease Mumbai's monsoon suffering

Updated On: 30 June, 2023 04:27 PM IST | Anagha Sawant

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Thursday revealed that about 33,922 barricades have been removed on nearly 84 km of roads, creating more space for traffic movement amid the monsoon Reports Rajendra Aklekar (Photo/Midday Photo Team)  

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A traffic snarl caused by Metro 2A work at DN Nagar, Andheri, on July 3, 2021. Pic/Satej Shinde; (right) the stretch near Milan subway on Thursday after Metro barricades were removed. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar
A traffic snarl caused by Metro 2A work at DN Nagar, Andheri, on July 3, 2021. Pic/Satej Shinde; (right) the stretch near Milan subway on Thursday after Metro barricades were removed. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar
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The MMRDA has been working on building a 337-km-long Metro rail network throughout the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and had set up a total of 152.86 km of barricades across several lines—including 2B, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7A and 9—60 per cent of which have now been removed  

The MMRDA has been working on building a 337-km-long Metro rail network throughout the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and had set up a total of 152.86 km of barricades across several lines—including 2B, 4, 4A, 5, 6, 7A and 9—60 per cent of which have now been removed

 

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Recognising that barricades are necessary for the safety of citizens during construction projects, the MMRDA has taken measures to install them in a manner that takes up minimal space  

Recognising that barricades are necessary for the safety of citizens during construction projects, the MMRDA has taken measures to install them in a manner that takes up minimal space

 

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The area near Milan subway at Vile Parle on Thursday  

The area near Milan subway at Vile Parle on Thursday

 

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The barricades have been removed from key locations such as Eastern Express Highway (EEH), Western Express Highway (WEH), Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), SV Road, VN Purv Marg (Chembur Naka), New Link Road, Gulmohar Road, MG Road, Ghodbunder Road, Kapur Bawadi, Balkum, Dahisar, Mira Road, Bhayander, Thane, Teen Hath Naka, JVLR, Infinity Mall, Powai, Kanjur Marg, and Mankhurd along the under-construction Metro lines  

The barricades have been removed from key locations such as Eastern Express Highway (EEH), Western Express Highway (WEH), Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), SV Road, VN Purv Marg (Chembur Naka), New Link Road, Gulmohar Road, MG Road, Ghodbunder Road, Kapur Bawadi, Balkum, Dahisar, Mira Road, Bhayander, Thane, Teen Hath Naka, JVLR, Infinity Mall, Powai, Kanjur Marg, and Mankhurd along the under-construction Metro lines

 

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This strategic step has cleared one lane on both sides of the project for traffic  

This strategic step has cleared one lane on both sides of the project for traffic

 

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