05 December,2025 05:40 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Friday directed the official to complete all works quickly. File Pic
Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Friday directed the official to complete all ongoing works at Thane's Ghodbunder Road on a war footing and the final-stage projects must be finished by December 15, 2025.
These include several development works and the groundbreaking ceremony for a new theatre at Waghbil.
A review meeting was held on Friday in the Arvind Pendse auditorium at the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) headquarters. Sarnaik, Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao, Additional Commissioner Prashant Rode, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Pankaj Shirsat, and senior officials from the TMC, MMRDA, Metro, PWD, the Collector's Office and other departments were present, an official statement said on Friday.
Sarnaik said that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had provided significant funds for Thane's development. Using this funding, projects such as the scientific rejuvenation of 67 wells across the city are underway. Water from these wells will be made potable, it said.
Modern upgrades to crematoriums, a dedicated crematorium for pets, the Balasaheb Thackeray Digital Aquarium, and jogging tracks for morning walkers are also being created.
Work on the service road connection along Ghodbunder Road is in progress. Sarnaik instructed that with coordination between MMRDA, the electricity and water departments, the Metro authority and the traffic police, the service road must be completed by January 15. He added that citizens should not suffer due to traffic congestion and that the Regional Transport Office will assign five squads to assist the traffic police, according to the statement.
He said that 96 tonnes of wet waste from Thane is being processed daily into fertiliser at the Gharmukh project - the first such plant in the state. He also announced that the civic body plans to introduce a "solar dust" concept to help address waste issues.
Thane to get its third theatre
The statement said that a grand new theatre is being built for the public at Waghbil on Ghodbunder Road. The theatre, spread over 7,350 square metres, will be the city's third, following the Ram Ganesh Gadkari Rangayatan and Dr Kashinath Ghanekar Natyagruha. The new facility will benefit residents of the Ghodbunder area, and its foundation ceremony will be conducted by Deputy Chief Minister Shinde.
During the meeting, Sarnaik also reviewed many other projects in the Ovala-Majiwada constituency, including beautification works at Naglabunder creek, new mangrove parks, the Anand Dighe Gymkhana at Upvan, the Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Bhavan, the Babasaheb Ambedkar Social Justice Centre, the C.D. Deshmukh Administrative Training Building, sports complexes, open-air theatres and libraries.
He praised the Thane Municipal Commissioner and officials from all departments for the excellent progress on multiple projects across Ghodbunder Road.
