DPR report to be out soon for Metro-2

The eagerly awaited DN Nagar-Mankhurd metro corridor phase-2 will take another step closer to completion when the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) comes out with a detailed project report (DPR) for the phase by the first week of December.

The DN Nagar-Mankhurd metro corridor is a part of the Metro 2 (Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd), which was earlier planned underground, but was later turned into an elevated corridor. The line was also bifurcated into three parts namely Dahisar-DN Nagar, DN Nagar-BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex) and BKC-Mankhurd.

Dilip Kawathkar, joint metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA, said, “The detailed project report of the DN Nagar-Mankhurd phase-2 of Metro-2 is expected in the next ten days.

Once the report is out we will be in a better situation to understand on how to go further with the project.”

The phase-1 of the Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd corridor is from Dahisar to DN Nagar which is 18.5 km long, and for which Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been selected as the implementing agency by the MMRDA. The implementation period of the DN Nagar-Mankhurd metro corridor phase-2 is between 2017 and 2023.

Last month, the executive committee of the MMRDA accorded administrative approvals for the appointment of the DMRC to implement the Dahisar-DN Nagar phase-1 of the Metro-2 corridor.

It had also appointed DMRC as the interim consultant for the 16.5 km Dahisar (East to Andheri (East) Metro-7 corridor.