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Page 1: The Bandra-Worli Sealink . The Bandra- Worli Sea Link INAUGURATION June 30, 2009 Landmark for Mumbai city Among the most complex

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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