There are renewed hopes for the revival of the Bandra-Kurla suburban local train link, as Mumbai BJP chief and cabinet minister Ashish Shelar, during a meeting on Thursday, questioned why the line was dropped and called for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to compile a report to be submitted to the Maharashtra chief minister.

A high-level meeting chaired by Shelar was held at the Mumbai suburban district collector’s office, with key officials from the district administration, MMRDA, Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Metro project, and traffic police in attendance. The campaign to revive the project has been spearheaded by RTI activist Anil Galgali.

Shelar strongly objected to the dropping of the line, calling it a ‘clear case of deception.’ He alleged that the original railway alignment was scrapped based on false information that misled Mumbaikars. He further instructed that a detailed report on the issue be submitted to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and himself immediately.