Providing a significant push to proposed passenger water transport services on the western and eastern coasts of the city, the state government has selected six contractors to whom it will award a Rs 1,150-crore cash contract to construct nine passenger water terminals (PWT). The cash contract will help reduce the fare for the water transport services, as commuters will only end up paying for the operational costs of the catamarans instead of thecost of constructing the terminals.
Earlier, there were plans to privatize this service, which would have cost commuters a lot. The PWTs will come up at Nariman Point, Juhu, Bandra, Versova, Borivli and Marve on the west coast and at Ferry Wharf, Nerul and Mandwa on the east coast.An elevated road connecting Ferry Wharf to P D’Mello road will be built to ensure faster access to cars. Developers were approved at an MSRDC meeting chaired by minister Jaidutta Kshirsagar and M D Bipin Shrimali at Sahyadri guesthouse.
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