Appreciating the efforts through which 40,000 slum families had been rehabilitated, she said other requirements of increasing urbanisation, like water supply, cleanliness, health, education and power must also be provided to all.

Present on the occasion were Governor S.C. Jamir, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy amongst others.

The 32-km Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd (CBM) metro corridor with 27 stations en route is the second public-private partnership metro project and will provide a much-needed north-south and east-west link.

It is being constructed by a consortium led by Reliance Infrastructure, which is also building the 11 km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor.

For the CBM corridor, the centre will provide viability gap funding (VGF) of Rs.1,532 crore, and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will provide the balance Rs.766 crore.

The total Mumbai Metro Rail network will cover 146.5 km.