Goregaon – Mulund Link Road Tunnel – Information & Updates

12.20 km Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is an approved road project in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The project is also known as Goregaon – Mulund Tunnel Project.

Goregaon – Mulund Link Road will feature 6.3 km twin tunnels, to be constructed by NCC – J Kumar Infraprojects JV, under Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) connecting connect Film city in Goregaon and Khindipada in Mulund.

Goregaon – Mulund Link Road’s Detailed Project Report (DPR) and alignment options were prepared by PADECO India. The project’s foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Modi on July 13, 2024.

The project has a deadline of October 2028 and estimates to cut down travel time between Mulund and Goregaon from over an hour (depending on day & time) to 20 mins. This is the second tunnel project under SGNP after the 11.84 km Thane – Borivali twin tunnel project further up north.

Key Details

Project Length: 12.20 km
Tunnels’ Length: 6.3 km
Estimated Cost: Rs. 12,013 crore
Deadline: October 2028
Owner: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Tunnel Contractor: NCC – J Kumar Infraprojects JV

Current Status

Goregaon – Mulund Link Road tunnel project’s groundbreaking (bhoomi poojan) ceremony was performed by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 13, 2024.

GMLR project will be constructed via 4 civil packages. In September 2023, NCC – J Kumar Infraprojects was awarded its underground tunnel construction’s contract.

Design & Masterplan

The entire GMLR project connecting Western Express Highway (WEH) with Eastern Express Highway (EEH) has been divided into 4 phases.

The underground section (Phase III) will be built using 2 mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) with a diameter of around 13m and the cut and cover (C&C) method will be utilized for constructing a 1.6 km box-tunnel near Film City.

*Preliminary design rendering prepared by PADECO*

Map

Here’s a map of the Goregaon – Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project’s alignment via BMC’s tender documents:

*Alignment of GMLR and its tunnels (Phase 3 is in Blue)*

Page last updated: August 26, 2024. Have a question or spot an error? Let me know here.