About 240,000 commuters travelled on the first day (Sunday) of the Mumbai Metro's operations, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) said on Monday.
The Rs 4,300-crore (Rs 43-billion) project -- marred by missed deadlines and cost overruns -- has finally started full scale test run last week between Ghatkopar and Versova and will open to public by mid-January.
The new discounted fares are Rs 10 (3 km), Rs 15 (8 km) and Rs 20 (20 km).
Mumbai's Metro rail system, which is scheduled to take off by next year, will have a Geographic Information System for mapping the entire rail tracks and nearby areas to enhance safety, maintenance and traffic regulation.
Mumbai's first metro project between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar will be commissioned in 30 months, instead of the stipulated 60 months.
A consortium of six banks led by IDBI will finance the project to the tune of Rs 1,194 crore (Rs 11.94 billion), Rs 512 crore (Rs 5.12 billion) will be raised through equity while Rs 650 crore (Rs 6.5 billion) will come from the MMRDA as capital subsidy. The closure is unique in many ways as nearly Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) have been spent on the project before the financial closure.
The matter came up for hearing on Monday before a bench chaired by Justice R D Dhanuka.
Infra experts say govt will first need to figure out how to exploit real estate along the proposed routes.
All along, Rahul, right till today 10 years later, hung onto his gut feeling that something surely had happened to Sheena.
This is despite a 10 per cent rise in the average weekday ridership.
The rise in commuters was also despite the state-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority filing a petition against MMOPL on fare fixation.
Investigators in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case are not ruling out the "honour killing" angle after it came to light that both Peter Mukherjea and main accused Indrani allegedly disapproved of the "relationship" between his son Rahul and the victim.
Accused No 1 announced that there had been a change in the circumstances of her health condition. She produced a thick 19-page document, written in her neat, very feminine handwriting, detailing her condition, its symptoms and the consequences it could have on her health and well-being.
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