Maharashtra government and Anil Ambani controlled Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (R-Infra) are at loggerheads over the issue of tariff for the first line of Mumbai metro rail between the western suburb of Versova and the eastern suburb of Andheri.
Maharashtra government has moved the Bombay high court opposing the proposed tariff hike by R-Infra. Mumbai is set to get a modern metro rail network, with R-Infra all set to start commercial operations from 12 noon on Sunday.
With this first rail connectivity, Mumbaikars can avoid as many as 45 traffic signals and reduce travel time to 21 minutes from between 90 minutes and 120 minutes now, said Abhay Mishra, chief executive officer at Mumbai Metro One Pvt. Ltd's (MMOPL).