A kickoff meeting for Station Area development along Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project was held at MMRDA office on Tuesday. Senior officials from MoHUA, TCPO, MOR, MRVC, NHSRCL, Government of Maharashtra, MMRDA, TMC, VVMC, Japan Embassy, JICA HQ, JICA India Office and team JICA experts were present at the meeting. The meeting was part of series of seminars and Field Visits for the Project–SMART to be held in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

SVR Srinivas, IAS, Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA while delivering the key note address said that MMRDA is honored to have the starting point of the first ever Bullet Train of India, at Bandra Kurla Complex. The stations area development around the HSR Stations will ease the transit between the residential and office areas, he said, “It will minimize the dependency on road transport with a focus on last mile connectivity. There are technical and institutional parts to carry out this Project. MMRDA is keen to be part of this multilayer institution mechanism to make this project Successful.”