Mumbai Metro Two snippets

Offering an olive branch to residents protesting against the second Metro line, chief minister Ashok Chavan asked the MMRDA to study the feasibility of relocating stations proposed between Charkop and Bandra. However, he ruled out changing the basic alignment of the Metro line between Charkop, Bandra and Mankhurd. A delegation of residents from Juhu, Bandra and Khar, led by Congress MP Priya Dutt, met Chavan with their demands at Mantralaya. Officials said residents opposed an overground line on the Charkop-Bandra stretch as they felt it would create a major traffic bottleneck. Shirley Singh of the Juhu Scheme Citizens’ Association said Chavan was told that the entire line between Charkop and Mankhurd should be made underground like the proposed Colaba-Charkop line. Chavan told the residents that changing the alignment was not possible as it would lead to major delays and go against the designs approved by project consultant DMRC. The CM asked MMRDA officials to find out if stations along ESIC Nagar to Bandra could be relocated. “They have been asked to meet the residents on February 4 to discuss the relocation,’’ an official said.