Atal Setu India’s Longest Ocean Bridge
The bridge, connecting South Mumbai to Navi Mumbai (between Sewri and Nhava Sheva), will reduce the current two-hour journey to just around 15-20 minutes.
State head Narendra Modi will initiate the Mumbai Trans Harbor Connection (MTHL) today, the country’s longest ocean span. The 21.8-kilometer-long ocean span, named the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri– – Nhava Sheva Atal Setu, has been worked at an expense of more than Rs 17,840 crore.
The extension, interfacing South Mumbai to Navi Mumbai (among Sewri and Nhava Sheva), will diminish the ongoing two-hour excursion to simply around 15-20 minutes.
PM Modi will visit Maharashtra today and reveal projects worth over Rs 30,500 crore in the state. During the visit, the State leader will likewise establish the groundwork stone for an underground street burrow associated with Eastern Expressway’s Orange Door and send off the Namo Mahila Shashaktikaran Abhiyaan in the state.
“The Top state leader’s vision is to work on the ‘simplicity of portability’ for residents by reinforcing metropolitan vehicle framework and availability. The Mumbai Transharbour connect (MTHL), presently named ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri – Nhava Sheva Atal Setu,’ has been inherent line with this vision,” an authority discharge said.
“The State head will initiate, devote to the country, and establish the groundwork stone for different improvement projects worth more than Rs 12,700 crore in the public program in Navi Mumbai,” it added.
The establishment stone of the scaffold was laid by PM Modi in December 2016.
The Atal Setu has been built at an all out cost of more than Rs 17,840 crore.
It is roughly 21.8 km long, including a six-path span with around 16.5 km over the ocean and around 5.5 km ashore.
The extension intends to improve network to both Mumbai Worldwide Air terminal and Navi Mumbai Global Air terminal, decreasing travel time from Mumbai to Pune, Goa, and South India. Moreover, it will further develop network between Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port, as expressed in the delivery.
Mumbai Police has reported that the greatest speed limit for four-wheelers on the MTHL will be 100 kilometers each hour. Motorbikes, autorickshaws, and work vehicles won’t be permitted on the ocean span.
Vehicles, taxis, light engine vehicles, minibusses, and two-pivot transports will have a speed breaking point of 100 kilometers each hour. Be that as it may, the speed will be limited to 40 kilometers each hour on the rising and drop of the scaffold.
A traveler vehicle will be charged Rs 250 as a one-way cost for the MTHL. Charges for return ventures, as well with respect to everyday and successive explorers, will contrast.