Maharashtra Cabinet cleared a 29-kilometre metro line for Thane. It will be implemented by the Maha Metro on behalf of the Thane Municipal Corporation. <br />''<br />''A statement from the Chief Minister's office said the project will take four years to be completed and will be built at a cost of nearly 13,095 crore rupees. The metro will start from the New Thane metro station in the old city area and will connect to Wadala-Kasarvadavli Metro at two places, namely the New Thane station and Dongripada. It will also have a link to the Thane-Bhiwandi- Kalyan Metro Line 5 at Majiwada junction.<br />''<br />''The statement said, of the 29 kilometres, 2.2 kilometres will be underground and the rest will be elevated. The cabinet also gave its nod to implement the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations to full-time teachers and equivalent staff of the government, aided colleges, deemed universities under the University Grants Commission. The decision will benefit over 26,000 teachers across the state.<br />''<br />''The cabinet also gave a go-ahead to give a pay hike to teachers and to those who hold posts equivalent to that of teachers, from unaided universities, law universities and affiliated colleges, government colleges, science institute and grant-in-aid universities. The cabinet also approved the implementation of the UGC recommendations over revised educational qualification and eligibility.<br />''<br />