India, Aug. 5 -- In a bid to revive Mumbai's struggling monorail system, the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL)-a subsidiary of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)-plans to appoint a single private operator through a five-year contract to oversee its operations and maintenance.

The nearly 20-km long Chembur to Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk (Jacob Circle) corridor has faced persistent technical glitches and service disruptions since its commercial launch on February 2, 2014. The system's troubles continued after MMRDA terminated its contract with the original operator, a consortium of Scomi Engineering and Larsen & Toubro, in December 2018.

Since then, operations have been managed under annual contra...