Foundational work and other essential activities will be carried out during the 85-day block, during which train operations from platforms 16 and 17 will remain suspended until completion of the work and handover of the platforms to Central Railway for traffic operations

Despite winning 118 seats in the civic body, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is likely to head only eight of Mumbai’s 18 ward committees; ward committees, which function as ward-level equivalents of the standing committee, enable closer engagement with local communities