India, June 12 -- Just a few years after the Ghatkopar Mankhurd Link Road (GMLR) flyover was opened, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now embarked on building an additional two arms to connect it with the Sion-Panvel Highway, at a cost of Rs.1,051 crore. With it, vehicles coming to and from Vashi to the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) will be able to zip past the often congested T-junction signal near Maharashtra Nagar in Govandi.

A third arm of the flyover is also being planned, which will directly connect GMLR to Maharashtra Nagar. However, the BMC is waiting for a no-objection certificate (NOC) from Central Railway, as this proposed flyover arm will go over the Harbour line. Once cleared, a tender will be floated, which ...