Metro 9 data obtained by mid-day via RTI shows where the money goes when a line is built—from a massive Rs 50 crore for shifting power lines to Rs 9 crore for traffic wardens to another Rs 14 crore for diverting a sewer line. Construction work is carried out for Metro Line 9 at Mira Bhayandar.
The MMRDA is building the 13.83-km-long Mumbai Metro Line 9—which connects Mumbai’s suburbs with Mira-Bhayander—and Line 7A at the cost of Rs 6,607 crore. Of this, a whopping Rs 9.25 crore has been spent on deploying traffic wardens and supervisors, the reply to an RTI application filed by this newspaper has revealed. In addition, since 2020, the MMRDA has also spent Rs 14.37 crore to divert a sewer line that crosses Line 7A’s alignment close to the international airport and Rs 49 crore to shift high-tension lines.
