Locals have protested the lack of a foot overbridge between Kalwa and Mumbra claiming there were eight deaths in eight days due to this. Railway officials have, however, said that given the terrain, an east-west crossing is required at the point, and they are working on an urgent plan to build a subway.

Maharashtra Housing Minister and local Member of the Legislative Assembly, Jitendra Awhad, joined the bandwagon taking on the railways, saying a sanctioned foot overbridge at the location had been scrapped by it, leading to the accidents. Local Member of Parliament Shrikant Shinde said he had also moved a proposal for a road under bridge (subway) at the accident-prone site.