Recently, this paper carried a couple of pictures of the interiors of the monorail— Mumbai’s latest addition to its public transport landscape. The monorail is set to run from Chembur to Wadala in Phase-I. It is set to begin soon. While Mumbaikars have become inured to delays in various civic infrastructure projects, it is exciting to witness the widening of the commuting horizon, given that Mumbai is such a commute-centric city. After all those pronouncements, delays, putting off the launch date because of one reason or the other, some unfortunate and tragic mishaps and accidents, the monorail is here at last, ready to begin transporting Mumbaikars within the 8.8km stretch that is the Wadala-Chembur corridor.

The monorail has 4-5 compartments. There is substantial standing room but not much seating. Apparently, only 10
persons could be seated in a compartment, the rest will have to stand. With this new facility, it is now up to the Mumbaikar to treat it well and ensure that we take pride in another facet of our infrastructure.