Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday inaugurated the Rs.1,600 crore (Rs.16 billion), 5.6-km Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), India’s first open 8-lane, cable-supported sea bridge that will reduce traffic congestion in this metro.

The eight-lane freeway is expected to reduce the 40-minute journey to just 8 minutes for the commuters between Bandra, on the western suburb, to Worli in South Central Mumbai to just eight minutes.

Initially, the project was conceived at a cost of Rs 300 crore, to be finished by 2004. The cost has risen six fold to Rs 1600 crore due to constant change of plans and other delays.

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