Maharashtra aims to finish key infrastructure projects
MUMBAI: The BJP government in Maharashtra is going all out to ensure that some of its key infrastructure projects are ready to be showcased as achievements before Assembly polls kick off next year.
The projects selected for this include new ones that have been completed at a fast clip and some old irrigation jobs which had been languishing for years under previous governments but have made progress under the current one.
According to officials, the projects the state government wants to finish or be on the verge of finishing include the Navi Mumbai airport, the metro rail projects in Mumbai, the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Corridor, and irrigation projects like the Gosikhurd, among others.
Assembly polls in the state are due in October 2019. The officials cited earlier said the deadline is “ambitious” as some of these projects are facing hurdles. For instance, in the case of the Nagpur-Mumbai eight-lane Super Expressway, land acquisition for the project has reached just 60%. The government had planned to start construction early this year, but a realistic deadline for beginning construction would be August. However, the officials associated with the project claimed that a sizeable portion of the road could be completed by September next year.
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