MMRDA advances Atal Setu connector Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is advancing a critical infrastructure link that promises to fundamentally transform connectivity between Mumbai and Pune. The under-construction corridor connecting the Atal Setu with the Mumbai–Pune Expressway is emerging as a strategic intervention aimed at eliminating long-standing inefficiencies in regional travel and logistics. While construction progress has been ste

In the long, uneven story of Mumbai’s transport modernisation, there are moments when intent finally aligns with necessity. The decision by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to revive work on Metro Line 14 is one such moment. It is, unequivocally, good news. But it will remain so only if urgency follows intent. The proposed 43.69-km corridor from Kanjurmarg to Badlapur is a major corrective to a structural imbalance in Mumbai’s growth. For decades, the east

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has been feted as a model bureaucrat on paper, at least. Under the state government’s 150 Days Sevakarmi Plus Programme, it recently clinched the top rank. In the parallel 150 Days E-Governance Reform Programme, it placed fourth - no small feat in a state keen to advertise its digital credentials. The larger point is such metrics, however carefully designed, measure processes more than outcomes. They reward complian