Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) today, the country’s longest sea bridge. The 21.8-kilometre-long sea bridge, named the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri–Nhava Sheva Atal Setu, has been built at a cost of more than Rs 17,840 crore.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.PM Modi
will visit Maharashtra today and unveil projects worth over Rs 30,500 crore in the state. During the visit, the Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for an underground road tunnel connecting Eastern Freeway’s Orange Gate and launch the Namo Mahila Shashaktikaran Abhiyaan in the state.
“The Prime Minister’s vision is to improve the ‘ease of mobility’ for citizens by strengthening urban transport infrastructure and connectivity. The Mumbai Transharbour link (MTHL), now named ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sewri – Nhava Sheva Atal Setu,’ has been built in line with this vision,” an official release said.
“The Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation, and lay the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth more than Rs 12,700 crore in the public program in Navi Mumbai,” it added.
The foundation stone of the bridge was laid by PM Modi in December 2016.