Overview
- BMC Additional Municipal Commissioner Prajakta Verma‑Lavangare inspected the station on Tuesday and ordered removal of unauthorised encroachments to clear pedestrian routes and speed up access improvements.
- Western Railway has started site works after obtaining a BMC NOC, demolishing a toilet block beside the south FOB entry to make space for a new staircase and widening the western entry.
- Preliminary construction tasks under way include trial pits to locate underground utilities, marked foundation layouts, excavation for the staircase, and steel members being fabricated at the Dadar workshop.
- Officials have arranged interim measures such as two colony toilets for nearby residents, asked BMC to provide more facilities, and directed police to enforce parking rules near FOB landings to reduce obstructions.
- BMC and Western Railway have agreed in principle to jointly examine a proposed 12‑metre‑wide foot overbridge with stair and lift provisions, but site limits, underground services and multiagency clearances will shape any final plan.