The infrastructural push by MVA, push-back by the illegal regime!
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The infrastructural push by MVA, push-back by the illegal regime!

The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) is fully ready and we are pushing for its timely inauguration, as against the illegal regime's wish of delaying the inauguration by a month, only due to its leaders' election campaign commitments.

The MTHL will connect Mumbai's east coast to Chirle, and therefore, further to Navi Mumbai, Raigad and the rest of Maharashtra. It will make travel easier and faster to the upcoming Navi Mumbai Airport, and ease out the incoming and outgoing traffic of Mumbai that consists of floating population that commutes daily.


Along with the increased connectivity, it will rejuvenate Mumbai's central and south districts, and open up the possibilities of planned and sustainable on the East Coast of Mumbai.

While Uddhav Thackeray ji initiated the works of the MTHL as the then Chief Minister, I had the good fortune as Guardian Minister of Mumbai to hold weekly meetings with the allied agencies and visit it every month to track its progress and tackle all the issues that arose in the works.

With the then CM Uddhav Thackeray ji and officials, inspecting the MTHL construction


When our government was toppled, and a hostile take over led to the current anti-democratic regime, the MTHL was 86% completed in 2.5 years. Most of the basic preparation for the remaining 14% work was also in place and could have been finished within a year. Now, in about 2 years, the MMRDA is still showing 5% remaining work, only to facilitate a delayed inauguration of the MTHL for the leaders of this regime who have no time for Maharashtra and Mumbai.

The pain point is obviously the delay, but more so, how little is Maharashtra considered in terms of the priorities for the current regime. A major project, that is a connectivity breakthrough, and opens up possibilities for Maharashtra, is delayed by a month only for one politician's convenience.

A bigger issue is that of the stark contrast between our MVA government and the current regime, in terms of planning and execution.

As per our planning, work tracking and execution, the MTHL was to be completed by September 2023, the Worli Shivdi Connector by October 2023, and the Coastal Road by December 2023.

As it stands today, the MTHL is finally ready but pushed to December 2023, the Worli Shivdi Connector is just about 50% complete and the Coastal Road (South Bound) is slated for the first quarter of 2024.

The Coastal Road (north bound) has always been under the MSRDC, opaquely handled by the UD Minister (the current illegal CM), with cost escalations not known, 4 Toll collection plazas, absolutely zero planning and cutting across the skyline. The timeline too, is not known.

The issue herein, is not just about the promised timelines. It is about civic management and traffic movement.

The MTHL that is on the East Coast of Mumbai, needs to be connected to the West Coast of Mumbai and Central Mumbai, with the help of the Worli- Shivdi Connector. This connector was also fully planned and initiated in the time of the MVA, and along with the MTHL meetings, we held meetings for the connector, so as to ensure that all stakeholders (residents, commercial establishments and shops) have a say and aren't hassled by the developmental projects meant for them.

Without this connector, it is going to be an absolute chaos to reach the East Coast today, through the narrow lanes of Worli and Shivdi, also adding to the local traffic woes of residents.

The Coastal Road (South Bound) will connect the West Coast residents from South Mumbai and North Mumbai to the Worli- Shivdi Connector seamlessly and therefore manage the traffic there.

As a minister, we had studied the traffic possibilities and made simulations of the flow of traffic from the West to East on this corridor and then further onto the MTHL. We have walked the entire length and breadth of the project, micro managed with agencies like the BEST and MTNL and water mains, and storm water drains to ensure fast execution of these 3 projects.

I also had the good fortune to initiate studies of extending the Eastern Freeway upto Metro Cinema and then onto Marine Drive, and starting off the work for the Nariman Point Cuff Parade Connector.

It is only all of these infrastructural connecting points that the MTHL would hold real value to the city and its residents.

Egos and conveniences of politicians in the regime not only delay the convenience of the people, but send out a signal that says "self first, citizens last".

Today, an incapable cm leading an illegal government has led to more spending on events, ads, hoardings and banners, but very little meaningful work. Whatever little meaning it may hold too, all of it being the works of the past government.

Brace for chaos Mumbaikars, but what can we expect from a regime that knows only chaos and corruption?

  • Navi Mumbai Metro was kept waiting for inauguration for 5 months, till we pressurised the agencies to open it for civic use, without any official inauguration
  • Digha Station is waiting for an inauguration for 8 months now
  • Dombivali- Mankoli Station and the Uran Line also await inaugurations.

This until, we as Maharashtra step up, to get rid of this new political culture being pushed on to us.

Kalpesh Sharma

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