{
  "id": 16555875,
  "title": "Mumbai’s ‘Paatal Lok’: MMRDA Plans 70-km Underground Tunnel Network To Beat Traffic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/mumbais-paatal-lok-mmrda-plans-70-km-underground-tunnel-network-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T03:12:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbais-paatal-lok-mmrda-plans-70-km-underground-tunnel-network-to-beat-traffic"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mumbai: With Mumbai’s roads buckling under mounting traffic pressure, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is looking beneath the city for a solution. The authority is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a proposed 70-km underground tunnel road network, envisioned as a third mode of mobility that could transform how motorists travel across the metropolis. Dubbed…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}