Mumbai's Rs 16,000 Crore Goregaon–Mulund Tunnel Project Hits Major Milestone As Film City Shaft Completed

Mumbai's ambitious Goregaon–Mulund Link Road project reached a significant milestone today with the completion of the launching shaft for the twin tunnel at Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari in Goregaon.

The completion marks a crucial step forward in the Rs 16,000 crore infrastructure project designed to revolutionise east-west connectivity across India's financial capital.

Concreting work is currently underway, with curing expected to finish within three days.

Two state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machines will be lowered into the shaft on 10 March 2026, with actual excavation operations scheduled to commence by June.

The project features a 4.7-kilometre twin tunnel beneath Sanjay Gandhi National Park and a 1.6-kilometre box tunnel through Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari.

Heavy machinery is already on site, with a 350-metric-tonne crane positioned and an 800-metric-tonne crane to facilitate the TBM lowering process.

The twin tunnels, each with a 13-metre internal diameter, will run at depths ranging from 20 to 160 metres below ground.

Once operational, the 12.2-kilometre GMLR will connect the Western Express Highway at Goregaon with the Eastern Express Highway at Mulund, dramatically reducing travel time from 75 minutes to just 25 minutes.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation aims to complete the twin tunnels by October 2028, with the entire project being executed in four phases at a total estimated cost of Rs 14,000 crore to Rs 16,000 crore.

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