Mumbaikars will have to wait another four years for the second sea link in the city. A new deadline has been revealed for the sea link being built between Bandra and Versova. It is now expected to be ready by May 2028 as the deadline has been extended from previous its date December 2026, as per MSRDC officials.
Owing to this, the cost of the project has risen exponentially by over 140 per cent in the past seven years, primarily due to technical changes in the project, increase in the scope of work, and delays.
The Maharashtra government’s public works department Thursday issued a resolution approving the revised project cost of INR 18,120.96 crore, up from the original cost of INR 7,502 crore that was approved in 2017.
The government resolution further said that in 2018, the project cost was revised to Rs 11,332.8 crore on the basis of the amount quoted in the bids received for the project.
The work of this second sea link is going on from 2018. Initially, the project started at a slow pace. Because of this, the work of sea link could only reach to 2.5 per cent by 2022. Later, the construction of the project was handed over to another company.
However, now the work of the bridge has been completed up to 17 per cent. Pillars have been erected in the sea for the bridge. Therefore, floating factories, mixing plants and pumps are being used to deliver construction materials to complete the work quickly.
The Bandra-Versova Sea Link is a northward extension of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, which connects Bandra in the western suburbs of Mumbai to Worli in southern Mumbai. The sea link is connected to the Mumbai Coastal Road (MCR) on the Worli end. The MSRDC was also asked to consider joining the sea link to the Western Express Highway with a connector from Juhu.
Once operational, Bandra to Versova distance will be completed in just 20 to 25 minutes from an hour. This aims to solve the problem of traffic congestion in Mumbai.
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