Railway workers carry out maintenance work on the fast rail track between Borivali and Churchgate near Kandivali railway station on January 21, 2026. (Pics/Satej Shinde)

A new slum colony is rapidly emerging on abandoned railway land near Bandra Terminus, with makeshift tents and huts appearing along Ghas Bazar Road. The land, originally intended for the fifth and sixth railway corridor, has been lying unused since the project was scrapped just hours before its inauguration in 2018. (Pics/Rajendra B. Aklekar)