India, June 18 -- After shelving its Marine Drive road widening plan, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has now proposed altering the alignment of the Orange Gate-Marine Drive twin tunnel project to prevent a potential bottleneck near Jawahar Bal Bhavan at Charni Road, according to officials familiar with the matter.

The revised alignment would require reclaiming 2,298 square metres of land-around one-third the size of a football ground-from the Arabian Sea near the Pransukhlal Mafatlal Hindu Swimming Bath & Boating Club Trust, according to the proposal documents accessed by HT.

This means the Marine Drive promenade will have to be moved farther into the Arabian Sea. Part of the promenade was already widened d...