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Mumbai Metro work on highway put on the fast track
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Cranes place the first U girder for the Metro 7 line along the WEH early on Wednesday. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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The corridor has been planned along the WEH to connect the western suburbs, train routes of the Western Railway, Metro 1 (Ghatkopar to Versova) and the proposed Metro 6 (Swami Samarth Nagar to Vikhroli). (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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CM Devendra Fadnavis at the launch. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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The CM has been tracking the progress of three Metro lines that are under-construction currently. He called the placing of the first girder for Metro 7 a “historic moment”. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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The line will be complemented by Metro 2A (Dahisar to DN Nagar) and is expected to be used by nine lakh commuters. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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Once on track, the service will majorly cut down travel time in the suburbs and bring down the load on roads and the local trains. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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The cost of the project is Rs6,208 crore. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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Between midnight and 5am on Wednesday, a stretch of the highway near Malad was closed for traffic as the girder was placed between Pier 62 and Pier 63 at Pathanwadi. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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