Ahead of Assembly polls, Modi to visit Mumbai & Aurangabad today

Np News 24 Mumbai/Aurangabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mumbai and Aurangabad in Maharashtra on Saturday.  In Mumbai, the PM will lay foundation stone for three metro lines, which will together add more than 42 km to the metro network of the city. The three corridors are 9.2 km long Gaimukh to Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) Metro-10 corridor, 12.7 km long Wadala to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Metro-11 corridor and 20.7 km long Kalyan to Taloja Metro-12 corridor.

The PM will also lay foundation stone for a state-of-the-art Metro Bhavan; the 32-storey centre will operate and control 14 metro lines measuring around 340 km. The PM will inaugurate Bandongri Metro Station in Kandivali East. He will also inaugurate a state-of-the-art metro coach, the first metro coach under Make in India.The PM will release a Brand Vision Document for Maha Mumbai Metro.
In Aurangabad, the PM will address a state-level Mahila Saksham Melava or Empowered Women’s Meet of Self Help Groups, being organized by Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (UMED).

Mumbai Metro Projects
The Maharashtra government has decided to create a 337-km long Metro network in the city and its metropolitan region in the next 4 to 5 years, to provide relief to commuters. Of these, implementation of six corridors – Dahisar to DN Nagar Metro-2A corridor, DN Nagar to Mandale Metro-2B corridor, Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro-3 corridor, Wadala to Kasarvadavli Metro-4 corridor, Swami Samarth Nagar to Vikhroli Metro-6 corridor and Andheri (East) to Dahisar (East) Metro-7 corridor – has already begun.

This 139-km metro network promises to carry more than 50 lakh commuters every day. In addition to the above, 42.6-km of metro work is now being taken up for implementation with three more corridors – 9.2 km long Gaimukh to Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) Metro-10 corridor, 12.7 km long Wadala to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Metro-11 corridor and 20.7 km long Kalyan to Taloja Metro-12 corridor. The Metro corridors will save time, fuel and reduce vehicular congestion on roads. Will consist of a state-of-the-art Operation Control Centre, with features of Green Building The 32-storey Centre will operate and control 14 Metro Lines – a network of 337 km Will be constructed on the 20,387 square meter plot

First Metro Coach under the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative
State-of-the-Art coach has been manufactured in record time – 75 days as against 365 Has all features of a regular coach – one coach can carry about 350 commuters Width of coach is 3.2 metres, height is 3.9 metres and length is 22.6 metres. Friendly for differently abled, design life of coach is 35 years, makes no noise and has dedicated space for hanging bicycles. Automatic temperature control with smart lighting in passenger area. Improved re-generative braking for carbon neutrality.
Design speed is 90 kmph, operational speed is 80 kmph. Automated surveillance, door opening-closing, obstacles, heat, smoke, fire detectors Real-time video surveillance and transmission Communication possible between two train operators, passengers, Operation Control Centre.