mumbai the state cabinet on tuesday gave the green light for two metro corridorsmetro v thanebhiwandikalyan and metro vi swami samarth nagar andheri westjogeshwarivikhroli officials said the cabinet has given in principle approval for metro vi and has sought a detailed project reportthe two elevated corridors will have interchanges with existing and underconstruction metro corridors and also with the suburban railway network in the citythe1447km metro vi corridor which will have 13 stations is likely to be constructed by delhi metro rail corporationit will be an extension to metro iia d n nagardahisar resulting in a total 33km network providing eastwest connectivity this corridor will connect business hubs like seepz lt and iitpowai areas it is expected to be completed by 2021 and nearly 65 lakh commuters are likely to use it daily said a mumbai metropolitan region development authority mmrda official adding minimum fare will be rs 10 and maximum be rs 30 the car de pot for the project has been planned at kanjurmargof the estimated rs 6716 crore metro vi project cost mmrda will fund rs 3195 crore state rs 1820 crore and the rest will be raised as loansthe 24km metro v corridor thanebhiwandikalyan will link neighbouring cities to mumbai and have 17 stationsthe project cost has been pegged at around rs 8240 crore and is expected to be completed by 2021 around 23 lakh daily commuters are expected to benefit from this corridor which will be connected to two other proposed routesmetro ivwadalathanekasarwadavli and metro xi talojakalyanaccording to mmrda officials a total of 360kmlong metro network will be constructed across the state most of which will be in mumbai and adjoining cities in the next four to five yearsour government has accelerated the pace at which we want mumbai to develop in the last three years we have approved nearly double the number of metro projects which the previous government did not in the last 10 years said state finance minister sudhir mungantiwar