'Toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge should be Rs 500, not Rs 250'

'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.' IMAGE: The Atal Setu. Photographs: Sahil Salvi Prime Minister......

Metro shed shifting cost will be over Rs 200 cr: MMRDA

The estimated rise in the cost for relocating the metro car shed project from Aarey Colony to new site Kanjurmarg in Mumbai will be more than Rs 200 crore, the Maharashtra cabinet was told on......

Uddhav directs withdrawal of cases against Aarey activists

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing felling of trees for a proposed......

Won't allow bullet train till Mumbai local fixed: Raj Thackeray

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray warned that “not a single brick will be allowed to be placed for the bullet train in Mumbai” until the infrastructure of local railways......

Infra biggies queue up for largest PPP project

With five big infrastructure companies evincing interest in a mega Rs 21,147-crore (Rs 211.47 billion) rail project, the government's infra drive now looks set for another impetus. The 60-km......

BJP questions cost escalation of Mumbai Metro project

Alleging that there has been an enormous cost escalation in the Mumbai Metro Rail project, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded that Maharashtra government should conduct a special audit to......

Mumbai's Rs 60,000 crore transport projects stuck in red tape

Expecting state-of-the-art transport to ease their commuting woes, Mumbaikars are instead facing even more exasperating traffic snarls and blockades. Several transport projects worth over Rs......

Metro rail along Mumbai's express highways mulled

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is exploring the possibility of constructing metro rail routes along the Western and Eastern Express highways to further ease traffic congestion......