India, Dec. 29 -- Even before construction begins on the Virar-Alibaug Multimodal Corridor, an affordable housing project in Kalyan has been affected, with the proposed alignment passing through land earmarked for homes by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada).

The 126-km corridor cuts across a plot at Shirdhon in Kalyan that has been reserved for affordable housing. The Rs.63,618-crore project is being executed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which is in the process of acquiring 1,347 hectares of land and has set a completion deadline of 2030.

Planned as a greenfield development, the multimodal corridor will include dedicated lanes for vehicular, rail and bus traffic, providing no...