Study Of Construction Of Skywalk From Bandra Suburban Railway Station (East) To Kalanagar By M.M.R.D.A -A Case Study

Arjita Biswas*
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, M.I.T Pune.
Periodicity:March - May'2012
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.2.2.1835

Abstract

Bandra is one of the major suburban stations in Mumbai. More than thousand suburban trains operation take place every day about 5 lacks commuters traveling through this station. Out of this 39% commuters approach the station by walk while 32% by bus 16% by Auto and 13% by other modes. The percentage to the station is nearly equal on the East and West. With the development of Bandra-Kurla Complex into last few years the commuters from BKC have substantial increased. Further, the Western Railway is developing the Bandra Terminal about 1 km north of the suburban station and operations from this terminal are also increasing every year above. The considering the Bandra Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme has been included in the priority works under MUIP master plan. After considering several alternatives it is decided to develop Skywalks from Bandra (E) to Kalanagar and Bandra (W) to Hill road and Mohd. Raffi Chowk on priority. Skywalk form Bandra (E) to Kalanagar has been completed as pilot project.

Keywords

Skywalks, Bandra-Kurla Skywalk, M.M.R.D.A, Maintenance And Monitoring Of Skywalk

How to Cite this Article?

Biswas, A, P. (2012). Study Of Construction Of Skywalk From Bandra Suburban Railway Station (East) To Kalanagar By M.M.R.D.A -A Case Study. i-manager’s Journal on Civil Engineering, 2(2), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.2.2.1835

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