Mumbai, Aug. 20 -- In a big boost for transport infrastructure in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the state government on Tuesday approved a 16-km underground metro rail connection between Wadala and the Gateway of India and a 25-km elevated road from Thane to the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). The cabinet sub-committee on infrastructure also approved the procurement of 268 AC rakes for the Mumbai suburban section, the laying of two additional railway lines between Lonavala and Pune and the construction of a ring road and a new township in Nagpur. This 16-km, underground metro corridor, called Metro 11, will be constructed at a cost of Rs.24,000 crore, with funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). P5...