World Bank to aid `Vision Mumbai` project
23 Aug 2007
Mumbai:
The World Bank would extend all possible help in implementation
of the ambitious ''Vision Mumbai'' project, which entails
an expenditure of over $50 billion.
World
Bank''s country director for India, Isabel Guerrero gave
the assurance to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh
at the latter''s official residence in Mumbai.
Vision Mumbai project covers development of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, beyond the limits of city and suburbs.
The chief minister said the government was considering a proposal to introduce a ''congestion tax'' to control heavy road traffic in the city.
Maharashtra
has also sought assistance from the Bank for its ''Jalswarajya''
water supply project, to be implemented in 3,161 villages,
for which Rs1,395 crore were needed, he said.