bandra worli sealink
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The Bandra-Worli Sealink
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The Bandra- Worli Sea Link
• INAUGURATION June 30, 2009• Landmark for Mumbai city
• Among the most complex & advanced construction projects ever in India
• Major project in Mumbai metropolitan region after Mumbai-Pune expressway
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Project
• Sea link project conceived in the 1990s• Plagued by PILs- fishermen & environmentalists• 2004- Work started• But drastic changes to 80% of the bridge design• Cost escalation from Rs 350 crore to Rs 1,306
crore to Rs 1,634 crore• MSRDC project• Executed by Hindustan Construction Company• Illumination by Bajaj Electricals, Rs 9 crore
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Location
• Built over the Mahim Bay• Connects Bandra(suburb) to Worli(central Mumbai)
• 8-lane-wide• Sea link length- 5.6-km, 3.8 km over the sea
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Facts
• Height of the cable-stayed tower = 43-storey building
• Weight= 50,000 African elephants• Steel wire used= circumference of the earth• Cement used- 90,000 tons• 16 lanes toll plaza, at the Bandra end•
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How the Sea-Link Helps
• Additional connectivity from city to suburbs• Reduces travel time from 1 hour+ to only 7
minutes• Decongests Mahim Causeway- 125,000 vehicles
a day• Avoids 29 traffic lights• Save Rs 100 crore a year in vehicle operating
costs
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Problems Perceived
• Major traffic snarls at Worli, no solution figured out
• Additional congestion on SV road and across Lilavati Hospital
• Toll proposed- Rs 50 oneway, may dissuade a few
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Landmark
• Hot tourist spot• Key destination in 'Mumbai Darshan' package• Special open BEST buses between BKC & Worli
sea face• 8-lane bridge, with 2 dedicated bus lanes
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Mini-UN
• Engineering team from
• China, Egypt, Canada, Britain, Serbia, Switzerland, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Philippines worked on the project
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