A 4.39 km 8-tiered tunnel to be excavated through the hills of Matheran’s eco-sensitive zone will help in conveniently reaching Delhi from Mumbai. The tunnel’s construction will start at the Morbe village at the foothills of Matheran near Panvel. It will extend to the Bhoj village near Ambernath in the Thane district. As per the reports, the time taken from Mumbai to Delhi will be reduced from 24 to 12 hours. This 4.39 km long tunnel is a part of the Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway. 8 cross passages (connections between tunnel tubes, generally equipped as egress and intervention routes) are being made in this tunnel. The excavation work for building the 8-tiered tunnel has been started from Badlapur in Thane district, a part of Matheran hills. It will help wild animals to cross the road. Spanning 1350 km, this road is expected to be the longest in the world and will connect Delhi to the JNPT port in Uran. This project aims to drastically cut the travel time from Badlapur to Panvel from one and a half hours to just 15 minutes over a 38 km stretch.
Vadodara Mumbai Expressway is a roughly 379-kilometre-long expressway currently under construction.
Contract for building the tunnel
National Highways Authority of India has awarded the contract for building the tunnel to Ircon International Limited after obtaining the permit from the environment department. Ircon International Limited is a Government of India Undertaking under the Ministry of Railways. As per the reports, the construction cost of the tunnel will be Rs 1,453 crores and is expected to be completed by 2025.
These are some of the pictures of the tunnel which is under construction.
Delhi-Mumbai expressway. Jnpt spurPkg 17-Awarded to IRCON, being executed by J kumar infraprojects. Includes 8 lane tunnel below Matheran hills.1)2)3)4)Badlapur sidehttps://t.co/DXMLC0WKKg.The last pkg has still not awarded pic.twitter.com/Lsdaj22Izb
— Sahil P (@Sahilinfra2) June 22, 2023
Other projects
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has also announced plans to build a subway tunnel (Four-lane tunnel) to alleviate traffic congestion in Thane. This subway tunnel will accelerate travel between Thane, Vasai, Virar, Mira, and Bhayander. The tunnel will stretch from Vasai, Fountain Hotel Naka until Gaymukh, Thane, alongside an elevated road from Fountain Hotel to Bhayander. Besides this tunnel, a 6-lane elevated road will also be built and the total cost for this construction will be Rs 20,000 Crore.
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