India, Jan. 30 -- Following chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' call to complete at least 50 km of metro rail annually in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is in the process of terminating, or not renewing contracts, of consultants associated with at least four under-construction metro lines, and hand these over to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) instead.

An MMRDA official, requesting anonymity, said that consultants of at least four metro lines - Metro 2B (Andheri West to Mandale), 4 (Wadala to Kasarvadavali), 5 (Thane to Bhiwandi) and 9 (Dahisar East to Mira-Bhayandar) - will have to make way for DMRC.

"These metro corridors are way behind their schedules. It is th...