The Mumbai
Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will launch the Mumbai Urban
Rehabilitation Project (MURP) for the Project Affected Persons of the Mumbai
Urban Transport Project (MUTP) – II, on 23 January 2001.
The projects proposed under MUTP -
II would involve a substantial number of households and structures to be
relocated. Resettlement and rehabilitation of project affected persons (PAPs)
is, therefore, necessary as per the guidelines of World Bank-financed projects.
Accordingly, a separate but parallel project (MURP) is proposed to be taken up.
The cost of the first phase of the
World Bank-aided MUTP – II is estimated at Rs.3,860 crore. Of this, the roads
and traffic component is likely to cost Rs.753 crore, while the rail component
would cost Rs.3,107 crore.