The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has started issuing tenement allotment letters to people who will be displaced owing to the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project, which is expected to cut travel time between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai to 25 minutes.
Of the 320 structures in Sewri, which will be affected by the project, 250 are residential. MMRDA has given residents the option of moving to tenements in Kanjurmarg, Wadala or Kurla.
Additional Municipal Commissioner Sanjay Khandare said in the past week, allotment letters had been issued to 79 people belonging to residential and commercial establishments.
While the 79 have chosen Kanjurmarg, MMRDA officials said 80 others are likely to opt for Kurla. “The tenements in Kurla are still in the final phases of construction. We expect more people to opt for Kanjurmarg as they are ready and people can move in once they get their allotment letters,” said an MMRDA official.
All tenements at Kanjurmarg, Kurla and Wadala are being built by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA).
The 21.8-km-long line includes a 16.5-km bridge across the creek, and three interchanges: one at Sewri, and two in Navi Mumbai.
The ₹14,000-crore project has been divided into three packages, of which package 1 and 3 will be executed by L&T and IHI, Japan, and package 2 by Daewoo and Tata Projects. Japan International Cooperation Agency is financing 80% of the project.
