After a lot of back and forth, the Himalaya bridge at CSMT will finally get an escalator. The idea was mooted in 2019, but got delayed due to design issues. The Himalaya foot overbridge collapsed on March 14, 2019, claiming seven lives and injuring seven others.

Following the incident, the BMC took seven months to decide whether there was need for a bridge at the north end of CSMT. After audit reports revealed that nearly 50,000-plus passengers used the bridge, the BMC decided to attach an escalator to one of the two exit points opposite CSMT. But the idea suffered a setback, due to lack of sufficient space.