MUMBAI MERI JAAN ! Watch Out for the Rs 1,600-cr Mumbai Sea Link || Bandra-Worli

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The Rs 1,600 crore (Rs 16 billion), 5.6-km Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), India's first open eight-lane, cable-supported sea bridge that will reduce traffic congestion in this metro.

The distance of eight kilometres between Bandra and Worli currently takes 60-90 minutes to cover during the morning-evening peak hours.

Now it takes just around 5 to 10 min, but as off now all the eight lanes are not open just four lanes are open where the to and fro traffic shares two each

Some amazing facts about the project

It is 63 times the height of Qutub Minars and has consumed 90,000 tonnes of cement, which would suffice to make five buildings of 10-storey each.

The sweeping, 5.6-kilometre (3.5-mile) Bandra-Worli Sea Link was first commissioned in 2000 but work was held up until 2004 because of litigation and protests from the local fishing community.

The engineering marvel Bandra-Worli sea link, which opens on June 30, is likely to consume 1,000 KW power a day, enought to meet the electricity requirement to 100 households.

The Bandra-Worli sea link, seen as an engineering marvel, weighs equivalent to that of 50,000 African elephants and steel wire used is equivalent to the circumference of the earth.

ower for illuminating the bridge would be supplied by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) and Reliance Power.

The bridge will house diesel generator sets and auto mains failure panels to cater to critical load like, monitoring, survellience and communication equipment emergency services like aviation obstruction lights

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