All ongoing and recently announced Mumbai suburban railway projects may come to a standstill soon as the Maharashtra government has reportedly stopped funding the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), making smooth functioning of the body difficult and even posing a threat to its existence. This may also trickle down and affect the functioning of the city’s cheapest and fastest mode of transport—Mumbai’s lifeline local trains, used by around eight million commuters daily.

MRVC—Mumbai local train network’s planning body—develops new lines, brings in new local trains and has lined up more projects to improve the suburban railway system. The body was set up with 51:49 share between the Ministry of Railways and Government of Maharashtra under Companies Act, 1956 on July 12, 1999  and is responsible for executing projects under Mumbai Urban Transport Project.