Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Mumbai’s 27-Km Nariman Point Loop Anchors Wider Ring-Road Network
Mumbai plans to build a group of connected roads shaped like rings.
The first and smallest ring would be about 27 kilometers long.
It would start and end near Nariman Point.
Some parts, such as the Coastal Road and Eastern Freeway, are already open.
Other important connections are still being built.
When the missing links are finished, drivers could use the loop instead of crowded central roads.
Larger rings could later connect more parts of Mumbai, Thane and nearby areas.
The plan was introduced by MMRDA Commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee in 2024.
Mumbai’s planned 27-km inner loop will connect Nariman Point through several major road corridors.
The route relies on the Coastal Road and Eastern Freeway, along with links still under construction.
Nine larger proposed rings would extend across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region with lengths up to 273.5 km.
The network would connect roads, sea links, tunnels and elevated corridors across Mumbai and neighboring areas.
The ring-road strategy aims to provide alternative east-west and orbital routes around congested north-south corridors.
- Who
- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and its Commissioner, Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, are associated with the planned network.
- What
- A 27-km inner ring road around Nariman Point is being developed as the first part of a wider network of nine proposed rings.
- When
- The ring-road concept was first enunciated in 2024; construction and completion are planned progressively.
- Where
- The first loop would run through Nariman Point, the Mumbai Coastal Road, Sewri-Worli, the Eastern Freeway and the Orange Gate-Marine Drive connection.
- Why
- The objective is to create alternative east-west and orbital routes, reducing reliance on congested north-south corridors.
- First ring length
- Approximately 27 km
- Starting point
- Nariman Point
- Operational links
- Mumbai Coastal Road Project and Eastern Freeway
- Links under construction
- Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector and Orange Gate-Marine Drive connection
- Planned ring count
- Nine progressively larger rings
- Largest proposed ring
- 273.5 km
- Planning concept
- Introduced by MMRDA Commissioner Dr Sanjay Mukherjee in 2024