Whenever new infrastructure projects are announced, Mumbaikars are skeptical about dates of completion and many scoff cynically about the probability of a particular project ever being completed. The doubt comes with good reason.

Yesterday, this paper ran a front page report on how a structure between Bandra (West) station and Bandra Terminus, which is supposed to be a bridge, has overshot its deadline by more than a year. The bridge, supposed to connect the two stations, currently ends abruptly after some metres of an upwards-inclined road and has remained this way since 2012. The reason? Slums are hindering its progress. The 1 km Road Over Bridge (ROB) was supposed to ease movement of passengers from Bandra suburban station to Bandra Terminus.