Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- As part of the state government's efforts to augment mass transit across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), new metro routes spanning 60-70 kilometres are likely to be operationalised this year, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday while inaugurating three key infrastructure projects. "The government is working on enhancing the carrying capacity of metro rail corridors in the MMR to nearly 70 lakh, complementing the suburban railway system that currently carries around 90 lakh passengers. The opening of the Chembur Metro station on Line 2B is expected to strengthen the public transport network in the eastern suburbs," Fadnavis said. The three projects inaugurated on Thursday included the Metro Line 2B extension from Diamond Garden till Chembur Naka, the Santacruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR) extension till the Western Express Highway (WEH), and launch of of the Arjun tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the second of the twin tunnels between Thane and Borivali. The projects were inaugurated in the presence of Fadnavis, deputy chief minister and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) chairman Eknath Shinde and senior government officials....