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The Western Railway (WR) connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) launched a five-day anti-encroachment thrust adjacent Bandra East railway station, pursuing the Bombay High Court’s bid allowing the railway authorities to region the amerciable structures.
Heavy security
The thrust is acceptable to wide astatine slightest 400 unauthorised structures crossed 5,200 quadrate metres of land. The demolitions were carried retired nether dense security. Over 1,000 unit from Railway Protection Force, the Government Railway Police, the State constabulary were deployed amid absorption from the residents.
“The thrust is to beryllium seen from a wider discourse arsenic it is profoundly related to information and the augmentation program of railways,” said a WR spokesperson, adding that it was not a abrupt program but has been successful process since 2017. According to WR, the encroached onshore volition beryllium utilized for the enlargement of the 5th and sixth railway lines to tally betwixt Santacruz and Mumbai Central and aims to trim congestion connected Mumbai’s occidental railway network.
The authorities tried to execute an anti-encroachment thrust successful 2017, however, the substance reached the Bombay High Court aft absorption by the residents. After the HC ordered the eviction and razing of amerciable structures connected April 29, 2026 railway authorities initiated the thrust which volition past till May 23.
Western Railway spokesperson, highlighting that the Bombay HC bid permitting the eviction of amerciable encroachments was upheld by the Supreme Court, said, “The bid has besides instructed to support identified 100 ineligible structures and that we volition do.” The survey to place the authorised operation was done successful 2021 August.
BJP person Kirit Somaiya called the thrust a triumph and a acquisition for the opposition.
