MMRDA red-flags Centre's move for bullet train station in BKC

March 04, 2016 12:27

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project the bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad appears to have hit a roadblock with the MMRDA opposing the location of the underground bullet train station at Bandra-Kurla Complex.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority had selected BKC for its proposed International Finance Centre.

Principal Secretary, Urban DevelopmentI (infrastructure projects), Nitin Kareer said the Ministry of Public Transport will be asking the Railway Ministry to either relocate the proposed station for the bullet train to its terminus stations at Bandra or Kurla.

Kareer said the site at BKC was selected by MMRDA for setting up IFC.

"Besides the area that the proposed IFC would cover, it will also include multi-level underground car parking. Apart from this, IFC could come up in a relative short duration, but it would take time for the bullet train to start generating revenue," he said.

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