The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has issued a government resolution (GR) to make the Dhamankar Naka to Temghar stretch of the Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan, Metro 5, underground. This comes after a demand to this effect was made by local MLA Rais Shaikh to save demolition of houses that came in the way of metro
On May 22, Shaikh had submitted a letter to Shinde, who had in turn asked S V Srinivas, the then commissioner of MMRDA, to submit a plan regarding this matter. The Metro 5 is expected to cost ₹8,417 crore and was sanctioned by the MMRDA on December 21, 2017. It was supposed to be an elevated metro and the route was to connect Kapurbawdi in Thane, travel via Thane Bhiwandi Road, then to Rajiv Gandhi chowk and finally to Rajnoli and Durgadi in Kalyan
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Source: Hindustan Times
