Overview

• Municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani inspected the site on October 9 and directed phased rehabilitation of eligible project-affected persons in coordination with the Slum Rehabilitation Authority.
• A temporary ban on heavy vehicles along the Andheri–Ghatkopar Link Road was ordered with traffic police coordination, with alternative routes to keep commuters moving.
• A structural audit of the existing 78-year-old Ghatkopar rail overbridge was mandated, building on earlier IIT-B findings that called for major repairs.
• MahaRail remains the executing agency with BMC funding support, with the project split into a cable-stayed span over the railway tracks and a bowstring steel span over LBS Road.
• Civic officials cite roughly 250 affected structures slowing approach-road work, with about 80 cleared so far and the completion target moved from end-2025 to June 2027.