NAGPUR, Dec. 15 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday unveiled a series of infrastructure, transport and governance initiatives, including a new Mumbai-Hyderabad expressway, a major expansion of Mumbai's Metro network, annual reductions in domestic electricity tariffs, and the creation of a new business district in Nagpur called 'Navin Nagpur'. The CM also announced that electricity tariffs for domestic consumers would be reduced by 2% every year for the next five years. He said this was unprecedented, as power tariffs had earlier risen by around 9% annually. Replying to the concluding week debate on the final day of the winter session, Fadnavis announced the Jankalyan Expressway, a 450-km access-controlled corridor between Mumbai and Hyderabad via Kalyan and Latur, at an estimated cost of Rs.36,000 crore. The project will reduce the Mumbai-Hyderabad distance from the current 717km to about 530km and also cut travel time between Mumbai and Latur to around four-and-a-half hours. The expressway will pass through Thane, Pune, Ahilyanagar, Beed and Latur districts, and will also bring down travel time between Mumbai and Badlapur to about 35 minutes through connectivity with Atal Setu and a proposed Badlapur tunnel. On urban transport, the chief minister said Mumbai currently has a 91km operational Metro network with a daily ridership of about 9,50,000 commuters. This will be expanded to 132km over the next two years, with at least 50km of Metro corridors planned to be made operational every year. He said Pune has 33km of Metro lines in service, while Nagpur has 40km operational. Addressing concerns raised by the opposition leaders over deteriorating law and order situaton across the state, especially in the state capital Mumbai, the CM said overall crime in the state had declined, even though certain categories required sustained attention. He acknowledged that between January and October, rape cases had increased by 375 compared to the same period in 2024, but said total crime cases had fallen by 7,711 during the same period. Fadnavis claimed there's a sharp improvement in conviction rates, stating that the rate had risen from 9% earlier to 96.24%, and stood at over 70% even when only serious offences such as murder and dacoity were considered. He attributed this to the three new criminal laws enacted by the Centre last year, which limit adjournments and mandate faster trials. Fadnavis said police response time to emergency calls on dial 112 had reduced to an average of 7.37 minutes from about 15 minutes earlier. In cases related to crimes against women, 99% of complaints were being converted into FIRs, and charge sheets had been filed in 87% of such cases between January and October. He added that 98.5-99% of cases involving missing children and girls had been traced. Highlighting cybercrime enforcement, he said the Mahacyber headquarters in Mumbai had emerged as a state-of-the-art unit that had cracked down on fake calls, cyber fraud and so-called "digital arrest" scams. Additionally, a state-of-the-art air training centre was being set up in Amravati with Air India's support, with 34 aircraft and 14 Piper aircraft to operate from the district, said Fadnavis. He also announced the development of 'Navin Nagpur', a new business district spread over 1,710 hectares on the lines of BKC, which is expected to generate over 500,000 jobs....