Is the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) going back on its word? After publicly announcing that it won’t be constructing any new skywalks, as very few people were using them, the planning authority has floated bids to extend the Bandra (east) skywalk so that there is another arm that connects with Bandra railway station.

An under-construction escalator at Kala Nagar. Pics/Shadab Khan