Coastal road in Mumbai

Subject: Economy

Context: Mumbai coast is seeing launch of an ambitious coastal road project in the coastal region.

Concept:

The work is on an infrastructure project on the Mumbai coast — a 10-km stretch of the Coastal Road, which, with its undersea tunnel and road built on reclaimed land.
It will cut down travel time in one of the most congested cities in the world.
It starts from the Marine Drive promenade to the Worli-end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and is part of the larger Mumbai Coastal Road Project that is proposed to link Marine Drive to Kandivali
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is funding the project.
It will be India’s first undersea road tunnel (road will run a kilometer or so under the sea, through a set of twin tunnels).
However, the impact the road and its construction will have on marine life and livelihoods of fishing communities along the coast is also need to be watched out for.