Witheyeonpolls,drones,warrooms andwhatsappto keepwatchoninfra
MMRDA, MSRDC look at 24x7 monitoring of mega infra projects to meet deadlines, poll promises and avoid cost overruns
Coastal Road project
MMRDA
Its big-ticket projects
The Metro lines
The Mumbai Trans-harbour Link (MTHL)
Mumbai Monorail
WHAT’S THE PLAN
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has set up a war room, which will be inaugurated on Wednesday
The war room has details on all big-ticket projects of the agency. The MMRDA is the executive authority for all Metro projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region The war room has been set up to bring in various stakeholders under one roof. It will also have footage from the work sites
The MMRDA also plans to have drones for the Metro and MTHL projects SWAMI SAMARTH NAGAR
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footage of the project for the officials in their office. The corporation will be inviting tenders for the project now making it the first infrastructure project in the state to be monitored online at all times.
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AB Gaikwad, chief engineer, MSRDC said, “With the control unit in our office, we are looking at 24X7 monitoring of the project to meet our deadlines and also avoid any sort of cost over-run.” Gaikwad said the major works
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KANJURMARG NHAVA SHEVA THANEBHIWANDIKALYAN for the project are expected to start from December.
On Wednesday, Fadnavis is also expected to unveil a new logo for MMRDA.
The current one has been in existence since 1975. NAVI MUMBAI: Three minor girls drowned in a pit at a construction site near Panvel railway station on Monday afternoon.
According to the police, the deceased were 8, 10 and 13 years old respectively. Prateeksha, Rohita and Reshm Bhonsle were cousins and had come to Panvel with their parents, who are street vendors, from Amravati, on Monday morning. “On reaching Panvel, some members of the group [of 20 street vendors] went to Masjid Bunder,” said Yogesh More, senior inspector of Khandeshwar station. The rest, including the three girls, settled down at the construction site outside Panvel station. The site has a water-filled pit, which was dug during the monsoon. “These three girls were playing in the water. They started drowning soon after,” said More.
An alarm was raised immediately and some bystanders were able to fish two of the girls out. “We received a call around 1.45 pm and immediately rushed a rescue van and a team of 12 officials to the spot. Our officials found the third girl in the water after some time. All three were unconscious and they were rushed to a hospital. They were declared dead there,” said an officer from New Panvel fire station.
The public relations officer for Central Railway, AK Jain said, “The work site is a cordoned area with steel sheets. Prima facie, it appears the kids had trespassed into that area.” However, a fire department official said the site was open on three sides.