Navi Mumbai Metro
The Navi Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The planning and construction of the Navi Mumbai Metro were overseen by the City and Industrial Development Corporation. The system currently has 1 line and more lines are currently in the planning phase, with the extension of line 1 to the Navi Mumbai International Airport. The foundation stone. for the project was laid on 1 May 2011, with a target completion date of 2014. After over 9 years of delays due to slowdowns in construction caused by a lack of labour and adequate funding, along with land acquisition issues, the Line 1 of the metro commenced operations on 17 November 2023.
History
The Navi Mumbai Metro project received formal approval on 29 April 2010, and a public hearing on 21 May 2010 reported no major objections to the plan. CIDCO was named as the implementing agency of the Belapur–Pendhar–Kalamboli–Khandeshwar line under the Indian Tramway Act, 1886, by the Government of Maharashtra on 30 September 2010. The metro's foundation stone was laid on 1 May 2011 by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, and general foundation work on the system's first phase commenced in October 2011. In March 2012, CIDCO released the metro's complete master plan, including a proposed connection to the Mumbai Metro. In February 2017, RITES submitted an interim detailed project report for Lines II, III, and IV of the Navi Mumbai Metro.In February 2013, thousands of villagers in the Navi Mumbai area protested against CIDCO's inaction on local housing developments and its failure to provide restitution for locals affected by infrastructure projects. The protesters pledged to "shut down the CIDCO head office and all development projects in the region. These will include the metro project and any progress on the airport project".
Network
The Navi Mumbai Metro is planned to consist of five, lines totaling in length., Line 1 of the metro was slated to commence operations in November 2023, which it ultimately did on the 17th of that month.Line 1
All the phases of Line 1 will be constructed and funded by CIDCO. Lines 2 and 3 will be funded by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority respectively. The total cost of Line 1 is estimated to be.Construction
The Line 1 consists of 20 stations. The proposed route will link CBD Belapur, Kharghar, Taloja, Taloja MIDC, Kalamboli, Kamothe and the Khandeshwar railway station, terminating at the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport.In mid-2012, CIDCO awarded the contract for the construction of the section from Belapur to Pendhar to a consortium of Sanjose, Mahavira Road and Infrastructure, and Supreme Infrastructure. The original deadline to complete the project was in 2016. This was later extended to mid-2017, and then mid-2018. By January 2017, only 60% of the work on the stations had been completed. Finding the progress of work to be unsatisfactory, CIDCO sent a notice terminating the contract to the consortium on 11 January 2017. On 1 March 2017, CIDCO floated new tenders to construct 11 stations along the Belapur-Pendhar section. The previous contractors had completed 60% of the work on the stations. The new contract with worth.
Line 1 is planned to be developed in 3 phases:
| Phase | Terminal | Length | Stations | Cost | Status |
| I | Belapur-Kharghar-Taloja-Pendhar | 11 | |||
| II | MIDC Taloja-Kalamboli–Khandeshwar | 8 | |||
| III | Interlink between Pendhar and MIDC | 1 | |||
| IV | Khandeshwar to NMIA | 1 | |||
| Total | ' | 20 | ' | Partially operational |