The state cabinet on Monday approved an Rs 18,800 crore plan for the Borivli-Thane six-lane underground road and sanctioned a loan without interest to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for the underground connection between Orange Gate and Marine Drive. It also decided to sublease salt pan lands to the Dharavi redevelopment project's special purpose vehicle for housing. These were some of the 38 decisions that the cabinet took on Monday ahead of the Assembly elections. A couple of more cabinet meetings are expected to be held before the election code of conduct comes into force in early October.

The MMRDA has been tasked with constructing the 11.85-km Borivli-Thane underground road. The agency’s underground project in South Mumbai needs Rs 9,158 crore of which Rs 1,354 crore will be availed from the government as a secondary loan. Thane’s ring Metro line project’s revised proposal was approved on Monday. The project's revised cost will be Rs 12,220 crore. This will be a 29 km line with 20 elevated and two underground stations.