Metro body will get more powers

MUMBAI: Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) will be given greater administrative autonomy to help it plan eight Metro lines. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMR-DA) commissioner Rahul Asthana said the corporation’s structure would change but it would stay under the wings of the MMRDA.
Nine Metro lines are planned for Mumbai region and only the Versova-Ghatkopar one is under way.MMRDA officials said MMRC would be modeled on the lines of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Since the Centre will part-fund some Metro lines, MMRC’s head could be a Central government official.