The level crossing gate at Kharegaon that has been delaying lakhs of railway commuters every day may finally shut in 2021. Work on the road bridge at Kalwa over the crossing, that has been delayed by 12 years, is expected to be completed by May 2021. This extremely busy crossing gate has been responsible for collapsing the entire Central Railway timetable every day, opening and shutting over 36 times a day, detaining more trains than vehicles.

"We intend to complete the road bridge by 2021 for sure and have given directives to the administration accordingly," Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske told mid-day.