DELAYED5.5 years late40% CONFIDENCEThe report says "The Fadnavis government is pushing for the project to be fully complete by 2028, a deadline that has already been revised several times", a year rather than a day, so the pin takes the last day of 2028.[1]First promised for 06/24/2023; now 5.5 years later. Stated: the MSRDC contract signed on 4 September 2018 set "a deadline of 24 June 2023 ... for completing the project" (English Wikipedia), while ThePrint reported in February 2026 that the state government "is pushing for the project to be fully complete by 2028, a deadline that has already been revised several times".
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Versova-Bandra Sea Link Completes Mumbai's Western Coastal Route
The 17.17 km link, whose main span is a 9.8 km eight-lane bridge over the Arabian Sea with four connectors at Bandra, Carter Road, Juhu and Versova, carries the coastal road north from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Versova. About 30 per cent of the work was done by early 2026 and the cost has been revised twice, to 18,120.96 crore rupees in 2024.
- Seventeen years after it was first planned, the Bandra-Versova sea link - the northwards extension of Mumbai's coastal road - is taking shape but "the pace has been very slow", with work "just about 30 percent complete"; the Fadnavis government is pushing for full completion by 2028, "a deadline that has already been revised several times"[1]
- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis directed the contractor to accelerate by deploying more manpower and machinery, and barges were increased from ten to 12, MSRDC officials told the reporter[1]
- The sea-link "includes a 9.8-km bridge over the sea and four connectors at Bandra, Carter Road, Juhu and Versova, taking the total road length under the project to 17.17 km"[1]
- The link is expected to cut Bandra-Versova travel time from 45 minutes to roughly 10-15 minutes and to connect south Mumbai to the northwestern suburbs via the coastal road and the Bandra Worli sea link[1]
- A casting-yard loss is expected to slow it further: of the project's two yards, at Malad and Bandra, "the Bandra one has to be vacated as it is part of the land parcel given to Adani Realty for development", from 24 acres near Mahim Bay that MSRDC monetised, with Adani Realty the preferred bidder promising a 22.79 percent revenue share; working from Malad alone will slow casting and complicate transport, which is feasible only at night[1]
- Only 3,000 of the 14,000 pre-cast segments that form the viaduct atop the piers have been cast, and only about 40 percent of foundation work is done, with 1,200 of 3,000 piles drilled and installed and a similar share of piers erected[1]
- Monsoon stops work outright: "Working inside the sea on the already choppy western coast means that we cannot construct anything during the monsoon. From June to the end of September, there is not much scope for work"; construction uses jacked-up barges and reverse circulation drilling machines[1]
- The cost history is a rise from Rs 7,502 crore estimated in 2017, when the Fadnavis government made it an EPC contract with MSRDC as nodal agency, to Rs 11,332.8 crore on bids in 2018, to Rs 18,120.96 crore in 2024 - two revisions from the original estimate[1]
- Earlier history: first planned in 2009 on a public-private partnership model with a detailed plan approved by the Congress-NCP cabinet committee on infrastructure in 2011, which did not take off; MSRDC finalised a Reliance Infrastructure-Astaldi joint venture as contractor in 2019 and construction started in 2020, hit by a covid-related slowdown; MSRDC issued a slow-progress notice in 2021 when the deadline stood at 2025; and in January 2022 Reliance Infrastructure exited, transferring its stake to Apco Infratech[1]
- The project was also delayed by objections from the fishing community over livelihoods, after which the state set up a panel and the project underwent significant design changes[1]
Cost ₹181.2B
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- [1]40%theprint.in/india/bandra-versova-sea-link-crawls-to-sight-bridging-reality-deadlines-gap-still-a-challenge/2857255theprint.in· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2028 ✓· 100% of score
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