Groundbreaking Ceremonies Conducted for Mumbai Metro’s Line 3
Contractors across Mumbai yesterday conducted bhoomi poojas / groundbreaking ceremonies to launch construction work for the city’s 33.5 km Line-3 metro project. Ceremonies were conducted one after the other at all 7 packages of the project for which contracts were awarded to 5 contractors/JVs in July 2016. A map of the line along with other details can be viewed here.
Some images from different packages:
• UGC-02 (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus – Mumbai Central, 4.04 km) – Conducted at Azad Maidan where the CST station will come up
Contractor: OSJC Moscow Metrostroy – Hindustan Construction Co.Ltd
Photo Copyright: Thilagaraj Raj
Photo Copyright: Thilagaraj Raj
Photo Copyright: Abhijeet Chaudhary
Photo Copyright: Abhijeet Chaudhary
• UGC-04 (Worli – Dharavi, 6.08 km) – Conducted at the Wadala casting yard
Contractor: Continental Engineering Corporation – ITD Cementation India Ltd – Tata Projects Ltd
Photo Copyright: Pradip Mukherjee
Photo Copyright: Pradip Mukherjee
• UGC-05 (Dharavi – T1 Airport, 4.94 km) – Conducted at the Vidyanagari station’s site
Contractor: J. Kumar Infraprojects Ltd – China Railway No.3 Engineering Group Co. Ltd
Photo Copyright: Hatish Aery
Photo Copyright: Hatish Aery
Photo Copyright: Hatish Aery
Photo Copyright: Hatish Aery
• UGC-06 (T1 Airport – Marol Naka, 4.45 km) – Conducted at the Sahar Road station’s site
Contractor: J. Kumar Infraprojects Ltd – China Railway No.3 Engineering Group Co. Ltd
Photo Copyright: MMRCL
• UGC-07 (Marol Naka – SEEPZ, 4.15 km) – Conducted at the MIDC station’s site
Contractor: Larsen & Toubro Ltd – Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd
Photo Copyright: MMRCL
With ground work off to a great start, there’ll now be many one-off images and small milestones for me to report on throughout the course of the project. Do follow my Twitter handle to see and keep a track of its progress. 😀
For more updates, check out the Mumbai section of the Metro Rail Guy!
– TMRG
This news just made my day! Can’t wait to ride it from Grant Road station
Fantastic news! Hope to ride this metro soon.
Any electrical job vacancies of this metro-3-line -mumbai project
Hi TMRG, in how many years do you expect this 35 km strech of UG line to get completed and start complete operations?
Hi, in or after 2023 and not anytime sooner than that.
2023? I thought the deadline was 2019?
Hi, the 2019 deadline was set a couple years back, but the tendering stage for civil construction took a lot more time than it should have. In the coming years, the deadline will be revised. The MH govt will probably not announce it though due to political reasons.
There are a lot of variables at play (geology, land acquisition, contractor performance etc) and they’ll ultimately decide when the line opens. Even if things fall in place correctly, then 2023 is the soonest I imagine it’ll open for services
Any idea when Line 2 will start construction? This line has been delayed and delayed for long.
Piling work (1st stage of construction) should begin by the end of the year. Right now they’re barricading different sections of the road, as you might have noticed.
Any Idea on exact location of station on Line 2?
The MMRDA hasn’t published those details. I’ll share whenever they release it.