Mumbai: World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Mr Mulyani Indrawati announced that World Bank will extend its support to improve the railway infrastructure in Mumbai aiming at improving basic sanitation facilities on stations, safety and security, and increasing the frequency of services. He further said that Narendra Modi government has given priority to develop railway infrastructure and the World Bank will continue to support the initiative. There are three local lines namely the Western, Central, and Harbour lines which together carry more than 10 million passengers a day, making the lifeline of the commercial capital that is home to about 19 million people. The state government has undertaken Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), which aims to improve the road and rail transportation network in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and is being implemented with World Bank assistance and central and state government contributions. It was launched in 2007 and the phase one of the project (MUTP 1) worth Rs 4,526 crore (US$ 685.7 million) was completed in 2011 with a series of implemented projects. The Rs 7,006 crore (US$ 1.06 billion) MUTP 2 is under implementation. The MUTP 3, which is estimated to cost Rs 52,000 crore (US$ 7.87 billion), was sanctioned in 2011 and is targeted for completion in 2031. Under MUTP 1 and 2, a series of projects were initiated, including additional railway lines, new high-speed coaches and rakes, capacity enhancing, road over-bridges and foot over-bridges, improving railway stations with better access-exit points, spreading the sub-urban rail network to new satellite towns and cities in the metropolis.