Last Updated:February 11, 2026, 23:05 IST The musical stretch has been developed on the northbound carriageway of the Coastal Road, running from Nariman Point towards Worli. The Coastal Road along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. (PTI file photo) Mumbai has unveiled India’s first musical road, where motorists driving along a designated stretch of the Coastal Road can hear the iconic Bollywood song Jai Ho through specially installed grooves in the road surface. The innovative project was inaugurated on Wednesday by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, former Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale, who came up with the idea, Hungary’s Consul General Faren Jari, and BMC officials were present at the launch. Fadnavis called the musical road as a “delightful experience” for motorists and said the concept, based on Hungarian technology, could be expanded in the future. “In the first phase, the concept has been implemented on a 500-metre stretch of the Coastal Road, and there are plans to expand the musical road concept further,” Fadnavis said. Shinde also encouraged Mumbaikars to …