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The Kasarvadavli-Kharbhav Creek Bridge, being implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), is facing land acquisition delays at both ends of the alignment. On the Kasarvadavli side, land is being acquired through Transfer of Development Rights involving private properties, while on the Kharbhav side, acquisition is being handled by district authorities. Coordination between multiple agencies is slowing the process, with the project potentially delayed by up to a year even as construction work over the creek has already begun. The bridge will provide a direct road link between Ghodbunder Road in Thane and State Highway 48 near Kharbhav.
The Kasarvadavli-Kharbhav Creek Bridge, a project being implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), is facing land acquisition hurdles at both ends of its alignment, a delay that could push back the project timeline by up to a year, even as construction work over the creek has already commenced.
On the Kasarvadavli side, land is being acquired through the Transfer of Development Rights mechanism, involving private properties, while on the Kharbhav side, the acquisition process is being handled by district authorities. Coordination between the multiple agencies involved is understood to be slowing progress on the land acquisition front.
The project involves the construction of a creek bridge connecting Ghodbunder Road in Kasarvadavli, Thane, with the Chinchoti-Anjur Phata Road at Kharbhav, forming part of a wider traffic dispersal system in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. According to MMRDA project details, the proposed link comprises a 3+3 lane creek bridge spanning 3.93 kilometres, along with two interchanges covering an additional 8.538 kilometres.
The alignment crosses several existing and upcoming transport corridors, including the Thane Creek Road, the Multimodal Corridor, the Dedicated Freight Corridor, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor, and the Diva-Vasai railway line, before connecting to State Highway 48. The project is also designed to provide connectivity with the Thane Coastal Road and the Multimodal Corridor through its two planned interchanges.
Once completed, the bridge is expected to significantly cut travel time between Kasarvadavli and Kharbhav, reducing what currently takes between one to one-and-a-half hours to approximately five to seven minutes.
According to MMRDA project status updates, the Joint Measurement Survey for one of the land parcels involved, at Payegaon, was completed in early April, with the process for publishing the land acquisition notification currently under way. Forest clearance approval has been obtained for the Stage-I proposal. Physical progress on the project stood at 23 per cent, with financial progress at 21 per cent, according to the authority's latest disclosed figures.
The bridge forms part of a broader set of connectivity projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region aimed at linking Thane's Ghodbunder Road corridor with logistics and industrial hubs around Bhiwandi, easing pressure on existing routes including National Highway 3 and Old Agra Road. The project was awarded to Afcons Infrastructure, which was declared the lowest bidder for the contract.
The statement on the project's progress did not specify a revised completion date accounting for the land acquisition delays, nor did it detail the number of private properties or the extent of land yet to be acquired at either end of the alignment.
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