India, April 12 -- The state government has planned to widen a stretch of Marine Drive, the pride of Mumbai, from its existing six lanes to 12 lanes to avoid traffic snarls, which it feels is imminent, after the tunnel connecting Orange Gate, inside Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA), and Marine Drive is completed 2028.

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis green-lit the idea after a meeting with top government officials held at Sahyadri, the state guesthouse, on Friday, where the issue of traffic clogs in the stretch between the Princess Street flyover and NCPA in the future owing to the Orange Gate-Marine Drive tunnel and the Marine Drive arm of the Coastal Road, was discussed.

Fadnavis confirmed the decision in a text message to HT, saying, "It...