The Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 21.8-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), the nation’s longest sea bridge, on January 12 as part of his day-long tour of Maharashtra.
PM Modi is expected to lay the foundation stone and inaugurate projects worth ₹30,500 crore during his visit, according to the announcement. This includes the six-lane bridge that was constructed for ₹17,480 crore and is officially known as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewari—Nhava Sheva Atal Setu.
The bridge, which is 16.5 km long over the sea and roughly 5.5 km long on land, will shorten the time it takes to get from Mumbai to Pune, Goa, and South India, as well as provide quicker access to Mumbai International Airport and Navi Mumbai International Airport. Drivers will incur a one-way ticket of ₹250.
On Friday, Prime Minister Modi will begin his tour of Maharashtra in Nashik, where he will officially open the 27th National Youth Festival.
By 3:30 pm, he will be in Mumbai, where he will formally open the Atal Setu. After that, he will go to a public event in Navi Mumbai, where he will dedicate, open, and lay the cornerstone of several development projects valued at over ₹12,700 crore.
Officials from the state administration stated that over one lakh individuals, largely women, are anticipated to attend the public meeting. An official from Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s office stated, “It is the ambitious programme of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who had announced it immediately after the women’s reservation bill was passed in parliament two months ago.”
According to a PMO release, PM Modi will lay the cornerstone for an underground road tunnel that will connect Marine Drive and the orange gate of the eastern motorway. The construction of the 9.2km tunnel will set you back over ₹8,700 crore. The ₹1,975 crore Surya regional bulk drinking water project will have its first phase dedicated to him. In addition, he will commit ₹2,000 crore towards railway projects.
The PM will also introduce the Namo Mahila Shashaktikaran Abhiyaan, an initiative aimed at empowering women in Maharashtra state via exposure to entrepreneurship development and skill development training. Umed, a division of the Department of Women and Child Welfare, will carry it out, and its goal is to combine state and federal policies for women’s development.
The official opening of the first line of Metro during his visit, the twin tunnel between Borivali and Thane, the Mothagaon-Mankoli bridge, the Digha Gaon railway station, and the fourth railway corridor between Kharkopar and Uran are among the other projects scheduled for Friday’s inauguration.
