Four months after Japan warned of Mumbai Metro 3 delay, state mum

在日本警告孟买地铁3号线延期4个月后，邦政府保持沉默

MUMBAI: The delayed, underground Mumbai Metro 3 project from Cuffe Parade to Seepz is now staring at a major cash crunch. The reason—the indecisiveness of the state government.

孟买：从Cuffe Parade到Seepz的孟买地铁3号线项目延迟，现在面临严重的资金短缺。原因在于邦政府的犹豫不决。

On February 17, 2021, Japanese ambassador to India, Suzuki Satoshi, wrote to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, expressing fears of an impending “cash crunch” and “significant delay or stagnation” for the project.

2021年2月17日，日本驻印度大使Suzuki Satoshi致信印度首席部长乌达夫·萨克雷，对该项目即将出现的“资金短缺”和“严重延迟或停滞 ”表示担忧。

Satoshi’s letter, accessed by TOI, requested the CM to approve the revised project cost for the fourth tranche of the loan so that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is funding the metro, can release the money.

Satoshi在信中要求首席部长批准第四批贷款的修订项目成本，以便为地铁项目提供资金的日本国际协力机构(JICA)能够发放贷款。

“…your approval… is required as soon as possible, at the latest by the end of this week, to avoid shortage of cash in the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL),” it said.

信中写到：“需要尽快得到你们的批准，最迟在本周末，以避免孟买地铁公司(MMRCL)出现资金短缺。”

TOI has learnt that four months later, the state government has failed to give its approval even as the project cost has escalated from Rs 23,136 crore to Rs 33,406 crore.

印度时报了解到，4个月后，尽管项目成本从2313.6亿卢比上升到3340.6亿卢比，邦政府却没有批准。

The chief minister’s office refused to comment, but a senior state official told TOI any decision is unlikely to be taken by the state government till the issue of the Metro 3 car shed is resolved in the high court. A MMRCL spokesperson too chose not to comment.

首席部长办公室拒绝置评，但一名高级邦官员对《印度时报》表示，在地铁3号线车棚问题在高等法院得到解决之前，邦政府不太可能做出任何决定。一位MMRCL发言人也选择不予置评。

Last December, Bombay high court stayed the suburban collector’s decision to hand over the Kanjurmarg plot for the car shed.

去年12月，孟买高等法院驳回了郊区收藏家交出Kanjurmarg地块作为车棚的决定。

Since 2013, JICA has disbursed roughly Rs 13,425 crore in three tranches for the Metro 3 project. “The JICA’s last tranche of Rs 2,800 crore disbursed in 2018 will run out by December,” highly placed sources told this newspaper. “The Japanese agency has agreed to disburse an additional Rs 6,500 crore, but it is awaiting the state’s approval for it,” they said.

自2013年以来，日本国际协力机构为地铁3号线项目分三批发放了约1342.5亿卢比贷款。高层消息人士告诉本刊:“日本国际协力机构2018年支付的最后一笔280亿卢比将在12月用完。”他们说:“日本国际协力机构已经同意额外支付650亿卢比，但正在等待邦政府的批准。”

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Arun Kumar

Gundaasssena is playing delayed tactics in granting speedy approvals for crucial projects and unless they get bribes these crucial projects will not move forward

他们采取拖延战术，除非受到贿赂，否则这些关键项目将无法推进

Babu Bhai

Due to ego problem Tax payers money is going into drains MVA is least bothered Maharashtra State future is in doldrums

纳税人的钱都被掏空了，马哈拉施特拉邦的未来一片暗淡

Het Choksey

A project started and executed as brainchild of Devendra Fadnavis thanks to his leadership securing funding from JICA, this is nothing but sheer mismanagement from Uddhav Thackery and MVA. This statae government is only born to take credit. But never keen to initiate and build infrastructure projects.

该项目由Devendra Fadnavis发起并执行，多亏了他从JICA拿到了贷款，但乌达夫·萨克雷管理不善。这届邦政府生来就是为了邀功的，从不热衷于启动和建设基础设施项目。

Bibhu Datta

How funny, it is joke Mumbai has started metro project after 20 year of Singapore.. After all hard try these fellows are spoiling everything..

真搞笑，孟买又开始建地铁项目了。不管怎么努力，这些家伙把一切都搞砸了。

Amit Mishra

Taxpayer money ruins mostly in freebees and timeover run due to incompetent officers or govt intend .or get leaked by agents

因为不称职的官员或政府，印度纳税人的钱大多被用来购买赠品并免费送出去

Sreejith Rajendran

Indecisivenes, he is the best CM in the world lol.

犹豫不决，他是世界上最优秀的首席部长，哈哈。

ayush

They are negotiating and finalising their cut ... Targets are to be met

他们正在谈判并敲定他们的回扣，目标必须实现

Naresh Gohil

as expected..... bcoz govt busy in achieving target....

不出所料.....政府要达到自己的目的....

Emancipated Cavalier

Shiv Sena has been destroying Mumbai through BMCs CORRUPTION, Shiv Sena has been destroying Mumbai's economic ... Read More

湿婆神军党通过孟买市政公司搞腐败，摧毁了孟买的经济

Shreyas Pendharkar

Alas.. mumbaikars must give in to their misfortunes.. no use dreaming of a developed city.. we will continue to slog in traffic for years to come..there's no hope for us..or our children, they will have to got through the same..

唉. .孟买人必须向他们的不幸屈服。梦想成为发达城市是没有用的。未来几年，我们的交通建设将继续艰难前行。我们没有希望了，我们的孩子也会经历同样的事。

Rahul Kumar

INTELLECTUALS GET OUT OF INDIA FOR THEIR CHILDREN FUTURE

为了孩子的未来，知识分子离开了印度

Ashok Kumar H

Follow whatever Japanese says. No alternative. Japan has been always been good in completing the large infrastructure projects.

按日本人说的做，别无选择。日本向来擅长完成大型基础设施项目。

Navin M

Clear land for bullet train and get metro clearance for car shed. Simple

为高铁征地，为车棚批准许可，就这么简单

RK Indian patriot

Offer Udhav the cut money things will move

给乌达夫送钱，事情就会有进展

Swapnil Mhaske

thanks to all mumbaikars who voted for MVA. this is what happens.

感谢所有投票给这届政府的孟买人。这就是后果。

karma karmakarma

Thackeray should get his act in place. The city needs infrastructure development asap.

萨克雷应该开始行动了。这个城市需要尽快建设基础设施。

Ajit V

Learn from bjp govt in karnataka. they continued to build on the metro works started by previous cong govt without any diversions & hurdles.

向卡纳塔克邦的人民党政府学习。他们继续建设前国大党政府开始的地铁工程，没有任何障碍。

BM

complete metro 3 work without more delays . Already 10000 crores extra costs has been added due to delays , who is going to pay for this extra costs , ordinary mumbaikars rite ?

尽快完成地铁3号线。由于延期，已经增加了1000亿卢比的成本，谁来支付这些额外的成本，孟买老百姓?

Milind

Politicians who always use SUV, big luxury cars and have never ever travelled by trains ,buses are delaying important infrastructure projects

那些出门坐SUV、豪华轿车、从来没有坐过火车、公交车的政客们正在推迟重要的基础设施项目

Weirdo noob

Voters please show Shiv Sena our strength in Municipal Election, and allow BJP.

选民们，请在选举中向湿婆神军党展示我们的实力，投票给人民党。