Mumbai: To facilitate the construction of the 6th line between Goregaon and Kandivali stations, a major block of 6.30 hours will be taken on the 5th line and on UP Fast line from 11 pm to 05.30 am during the intervening night of Tuesday & Wednesday, i.e. on 24th/ 25th September, 2024.

Due to this block, several suburban trains will be affected and nearly 50 will be cancelled/short-terminated during the block period. See the table below for the list of trains cancelled/short-terminated.

According to  Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, during the block, all UP Fast line trains will run on the UP Slow line between Borivali & Andheri from 11.30 pm to 03.30 am. All UP & DOWN Mail/Express trains will run on the UP & DOWN Fast lines between Andheri to Borivali respectively from 11.00 to 05.30 am. 

Detailed information to this effect is available with concerned Station Masters. Passengers are requested to please take note of the above arrangements, the western railway has said.

Mumbai Traffic Police have announced traffic restrictions in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) on Monday from 2 pm to 9 pm for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the new Bombay High Court building at the Govt Colony grounds in Bandra (East),

New English School Road, which links Ramkrishna Paramhansa Marg and J.L. Shirsekar Marg, will be closed in both directions, except for vehicles related to the event. Motorists will be redirected to Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Mandir Road.

“As the ceremony will be attended by Supreme Court and Bombay high court judges as well as VVIPs, traffic police have planned alternative routes and no-entry zones to facilitate smooth vehicular movement,”

“In the jurisdiction of BKC traffic division, a new building of the Hon. Bombay High Court is to be constructed at Govt. Colony Ground, Kherwadi, Bandra(E), Mumbai. The foundation laying ceremony of the said construction is scheduled on 23/09/2024, which will be attended by Hon. Judges of the Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court and other VVIP persons,” said a notification issued by the Mumbai Traffic Police.

The new Bombay HC building in BKC

The new court complex will be situated in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Bandra East.

Kicking off the ceremony on Monday will be Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India, reported Deccan Herald.

Joining him will be several Supreme Court Justices—B.R. Gavai, A.S. Oka, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, and Prasanna B. Varale—along with Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Chief Justice of the Bombay

Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satyapal Malik met Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence ‘Matoshree’. Extending “full support” to Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Malik pledged to campaign for the opposition group – comprising Uddhav Sena, Congress and NCP (SP) – in the assembly polls. Giving a war cry, he said that the BJP will not just receive a major blow, but will be electorally wiped out.

Accompanied by Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, Malik was welcomed by Thackeray’s wife Rashmi and son Aaditya. Their meeting lasted for half an hour. Talking to media persons later, Malik said, “I extend my full support to MVA for the upcoming polls. I will also campaign for them. The BJP will be wiped out and Uddhav will play an important role in defeating the BJP.” He appealed to the MVA allies to make adjustments and stay united for the polls.

Malik further said that they discussed the political status of Maharashtra and other issues concerning the state. Asked about his message to Thackeray, he said, “As per my information, the BJP is losing; you (MVA) people will win. We had a cursory discussion about the INDIA bloc. I assured them that the MVA will form the government.”

On Saturday, Malik had said the upcoming assembly elections will significantly influence the political landscape of the country and asserted the state poll results would serve as “the last nail in the BJP’s coffin”.

Earlier, Malik was in the BJP and played an important role in the abrogation of article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. However, later he started taking a stand against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the saffron party. He also made headlines for his sensational comments on the Pulwama attack, Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani. Given the background, his meeting with Thackeray before the assembly elections assumes further significance.