India, March 7 -- In its first meeting since the civic body elections, the standing committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday approved the fourth phase of the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR), with a cost escalation of over Rs.800 crores.

The cost in the fourth phase rose from an initial estimate of Rs.1,293 crores to Rs.2,113 crores. It was passed without discussion or debate in the meeting on Friday, held after a gap of four years.

The GMLR, considered a prestigious project of the BMC, is being implemented in four phases. Once ready, it is expected to reduce travel time between Goregaon and Mulund from 90 minutes to 20 minutes. This project involves underground twin tunnels passing under the Sanjay Gandhi Nat...