On Tuesday, the state-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, the planning body, indicated that it expected to award the contract before December, which would pave the way to kick start construction in the same month.
Bombay HC stays proposed Metro fare hike till Jan 29.
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The commissioning of the 3-km Versova to Azad Nagar stretch of Mumbai Metro-I project will not be operational from September, as the Central Railway Safety Commissioner's approval is still awaited.
MMOPL has already taken a decision to extend the fare slab of Rs 10 to Rs 40.
This is despite a 10 per cent rise in the average weekday ridership.
In a first, a public transport facility is beating its own drum.
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