Mumbai: Senior IAS Officer & Managing Director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) Chief said that tunnelling has emerged as the most efficient solution for Mumbai’s future transport network, as underground routes can connect to almost any point in the city without surface-level obstacles.

Mumbai Has Less Land Mass

While speaking on a YouTube Podcast, Powertrain by Aakash Bhavsar, Bhide said that tunelling is better for a city like Mumbai, as it has very little land mass, as it is an island city. Being an island city with a narrow land stretch and several peninsular zones, Mumbai lacks the width required for major road expansion. She explained that because of this constraint, developing new public transport infrastructure often requires either elevated corridors or underground

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