The first skywalk of the city, on the east side of Bandra station, is finally going to be demolished. The demolition contract was awarded in February, but the BMC is awaiting permission from the traffic police. A civic official said they expect to get the permission in a day or two, following which the demolition work will start this week. Once the skywalk is taken down, a new bridge will be built with an escalator at one end, but this will not have a roof.

As per plans, only the arm from the railway station to Bandra court will be demolished and reconstructed while the second arm around the oil company will be demolished later.