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Roadways Industry & Economy - Urban Development States - Maharashtra Six more flyovers planned in Mumbai Our Bureau
Mumbai , May 12 The Maharashtra Government has chalked out plans for another six flyovers in Mumbai. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd (MSRDC) will construct six new flyovers in Mumbai over the next 18 months. The flyovers would be constructed under the Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Projects (MUIP) at a cost of Rs 150 crore, said Mr Anil Deshmukh, Minister for Public Works, on Friday. He was addressing the media at the Secretariat. Mr Deshmukh said that the flyover project would receive funding from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Under MUIP, 52 flyovers have been planned of which 14 flyovers have reached the drawing board and six have reached the execution stage. Some of the flyovers have been held up due to delay in commencing the Metro Rail project, he said.
Location
The flyovers are coming up at Kherwadi-Bandra, Santacruz, Dindoshi, Malad-Highway, Thakur Complex-Kandivili, Sion Circle, Sion Hospital, King Circle, Bharatmata, Hindamata, Lal Baug and Suman Nagar-Chembur. Mr Deshmukh said that the long pending Jogeshwari Vikroli Link Road would be completed by May next year.
Pedder Road flyover
About the highly contentious Pedder Road flyover, which various local resident groups have opposed on the grounds that it would increase pollution levels, Mr Deshmukh said the latest findings of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) point out that the air quality would improve around the buildings of the Pedder Road flyover. "We have undertaken techno-economic study and environment impact analysis for the Pedder Road flyover,'' he said.
MPCB report
The MPCB report states that the level of suspended particulate matter around the Pedder Road is currently 692 and it is likely to be reduced to 262 when the flyover comes up. The National Ambient Air Quality permissible limit is 200, Mr Deshmukh said. " When the J J flyover came up, there were similar concerns about rise in air pollution around that area. But today, we have found that there is 60 per cent reduction in air pollution. Flyovers actually help reduce vehicular congestion, which in turn reduces pollution," Mr Deshmukh said.
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