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23 August 2024 at 4:29:04 pm

Kaleidoscope

A flock of migratory flamingos at Sambhar Salt Lake during the winter season in Sambhar, Rajasthan on Wednesday. A man offers prayers during sunrise on the banks of Sangam in Prayagraj on Wednesday. A man rides a tricycle cart loaded with water cans during sunrise on a cold, foggy winter morning in Gurugram on Wednesday. Bollywood actor Malaika Arora is welcomed on her arrival at Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal on Wednesday. Visitors look at visual artist Kulpreet Yadav's works at the ongoing...

Kaleidoscope

A flock of migratory flamingos at Sambhar Salt Lake during the winter season in Sambhar, Rajasthan on Wednesday. A man offers prayers during sunrise on the banks of Sangam in Prayagraj on Wednesday. A man rides a tricycle cart loaded with water cans during sunrise on a cold, foggy winter morning in Gurugram on Wednesday. Bollywood actor Malaika Arora is welcomed on her arrival at Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal on Wednesday. Visitors look at visual artist Kulpreet Yadav's works at the ongoing Kochi Muziris Biennale depicting the dissonances of Punjabs stubble burning, in Kochi, on Wednesday.

Mumbai Moves Forward

How Metro-3 is giving the city its time back

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For decades, Mumbai’s local trains have been the city’s heartbeat, moving lakhs with unmatched pace and reliability. But the truth is, even with that backbone, commuters are still losing hours every day. Hours lost to traffic, delays, the grind of uncertainty. And when you lose time, you lose opportunity. As someone in the mobility sector, I believe: time isn’t just a convenience, it’s an economic asset.


So, when I look at Metro Line 3, I don’t just see another metro line corridor. I see a reset-button for a city that is too fast to stay stuck. Metro Line 3’s 33.5 km fully underground corridor with trains running at 85 km/hr finally gives Mumbai a way to move that isn’t held back by traffic or the monsoon. It won’t eliminate delays overnight, but it will make everyday travel more predictable and dependable.


Saving even 45 minutes each way gives a commuter almost 400 hours a year back a full workweek every month, or the time to finally upskill or simply have more dinners with family. Scale that to a million commuters, and Mumbai unlocks 400 million hours of human potential every year. This isn’t a minor efficiency tweak it’s time and opportunity returned to the people who power the city.


For years, Mumbaikars have been forced to budget for uncertainty, paying surge-priced cab fares, shelling out for parking, or leaving unreasonably early “just in case” traffic delays arrivals. When mobility becomes more reliable and predictable, it doesn’t just lower stress, it eliminates a recurring cost we’ve all quietly accepted as normal. A typical commuter shifting from cabs to the Metro could save over Rs 2 lakh a year when you factor in both reduced travel costs and the value of nearly 400 hours of time regained annually. This is the change I truly care about: a city that honors the time and earnings of the people who make it move.


With the local trains above and Metro Line 3 below, I see a Mumbai which now moves on two unstoppable tracks. Not just faster but forward.


(The writer is Co-Founder of Yatri-City Travel Guide. Views personal.)

 

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