Why is metro so late in Mumbai?

Lax work by contractors has been pointed out as the primary reason for the delays in Navi Mumbai metro project by CIDCO officials. “The first consortium of contractors failed to complete the work till the fixed deadline and were terminated.” said Sanjay Nadgauda, Additional Chief Engineer at CIDCO.



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Many metro projects were being delayed because of late environmental clearances, land acquisition troubles and protests.

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MUMBAI: Monorail, which has been billed as a white elephant in the past, is expected to incur a net loss of Rs 529 crore in the current financial year (2023-24), while Metro lines 2A and 7 have reported Rs 280-crore loss for 2022-23.

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With a total length of about 190 kilometers serving 139 stations, Delhi Metro is the world's thirteenth largest metro system. Mumbai Metro currently covers a total length of 62.68 km serving 12 stations.

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“Metro aims for leading market position in wholesale. Due to the increasing market consolidation, accelerated digitalisation and intense competition, Metro India operations would not fit Metro's core growth strategy in the future.

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15 Indian cities have an active metro rail service and an operational metro map. The cities included in the metro route map of India are Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Gurugram, Mumbai, Noida, Kochi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Kanpur and Pune.

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Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey Cappadocia city, located in central Turkey, is home to no less than 36 underground cities, and at a depth of approx. 85 m, Derinkuyu is the deepest.

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Pune is one of the most tranquil and beautiful metro cities in India where you can reach by online bus booking. It is nestled in the state of Maharashtra. It is the second-largest civilized city in the state which is very popular among tourists for its scenic beauty and peaceful environment.

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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs also informed the Rajya Sabha earlier this month that all the operational Metro rail networks in the country are currently running in losses. The DMRC's annual report of 2021-2022 also reported a net loss of Rs 3808.63 crore.

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