Mumbai Urban Transport Project

The Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), is a project formulated by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to bring about improvement in the traffic and transport situation in the Mumbai metropolitan region with the assistance of the World Bank.

The parties involved in the project include:

Phase I began in 2002 and was completed in 2011. The total estimated cost of the MUTP Phase I was ₹4,526 crore (US$670 million). Most of the money was spent on railway projects, while less than a fourth was spent on road projects.

The following projects were proposed to be implemented under MUTP:

The road projects included in MUTP were the Santa Cruz – Chembur Link Road (SCLR) and the Jogeshwari - Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR).

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced in 2012 that Phase I was completed. In reality, some works had not been completed such as conversion of all Harbour Line services to 12 coach, and conversion from DC to AC had only been completed on Western Line. However, many of these have since been completed or are in planning stages.

The projects proposed under MUTP–II were:

Phase III of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project was approved on 8 December 2011. It will cost ₹52,000 crore (US$7.7 billion). The feasibility study for the project cost ₹100 million (US$1.5 million). The project includes a fast corridor from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Panvel with a connection to the proposed new Navi Mumbai International Airport, extending the Harbour Line to Borivali, and multiple additional tracks being laid on existing routes. The project is scheduled for completion in 2031.

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