Mumbai, May 04: The ambitious Monorail project which aims at easing Mumbai’s traffic, would provide pollution-free travel, MMRDA officials said today.
According to Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) officials, the Monorail will not only save commuting time of Mumbaikars but also fuel.
“Since the Monorail does not require any fossil fuel for its operation it remains free of air pollution, and as it runs on a narrow 0.8-meter beam with the help of rubber tyres it makes very little noise,” MMRDA Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad said in a statement.
The first phase of the Rs 2,460-crore Monorail project, designed and built by Larsen & Toubro and SCOMI Engineering of Malaysia, is likely to be completed by December this year.
–Agencies