Union Minister for Urban Development V Naidu inaugurated the work on the third phase of the Mumbai Metro project. The 32.5-km underground line will connect Colaba in South Mumbai with Andheri in Western suburbs.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that his ministry would take up the project of building a road along Mumbai's Western sea fronton priority. He further claimed he will discuss vital projects affecting the city with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.

The Centre and the Maharashtra government have signed the state support agreement (SSA) and shareholders agreement (SA) for the first phase of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated India´s first Monorail in Mumbai connecting Wadala with Chembur in the first phase. The Rs 2,460 crore (excluding taxes) Monorail project is being implemented in two phases - Chembur to Wadala (8.93 km) and Wadala to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk (10.24 km). The construction of the second phase is in progress in full swing.

The Union government has accorded its green signal for the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport project to float the Request For Qualification (RFQ). With this, the project has inched a step closer to reality, said the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Mumbai recently. The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) said the decision to float RFQ was taken during a recently held steering committee meeting of the Civil Aviation Ministry in Delhi. CIDCO said the process

To discuss over the prevailing hindrances to the progress of the greenfield airport at Panvel in Navi Mumbai, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting in New Delhi on November 13. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said this at a public meeting in Panvel on October 26.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is to discuss about infrastructure projects worth Rs 11,000 crore on October 30. The projects include passenger water transport sysytem. The CM is to discuss the projects with the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).

The Union government has approved proposals for roads worth Rs 354 crore in Maharashtra to improve its infrastructure works. The road works will be funded under the Centre's flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

Maharashtra government has urged the Union Shipping Ministry to speed up the compensation dispersal under the 12.5 per cent developed land scheme to the project affected persons (PAPs) in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) area.