Another hurdle in metro path removed

The encroachments included 40 commercials and 72 residential structures. The residents have been rehabilitated at Lallubhai Compund and Natwar Parik at Mankhurd, while the shopkeepers have been reallocated to malls in Bhandup and Mulund.

The road widening process is part of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor of the Mumbai Metro and Asalpha, from where the encroachments have been removed, is one of the proposed stations.

Earlier, encroachments were removed between Western Express Highway and Saki Naka on the Andheri-Ghatkopar Road. Here, the road widening work has already been completed. The 12-km Andheri-Ghatkopar Link is from Andheri Western Express Highway to Ghatkopar.

8220;The total cost of the road widening project is Rs 150 crore,8221; said Kawathkar.