Fencing done, work resumes at Badlapur island platform

Fencing was completed on Sunday

The railways on Sunday successfully fenced the platform no. 1 of the Badlapur station. The fencing, officials said, was done to segregate crowding as the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) will now be able to complete remaining work of the elevated deck, which is partially ready.

With the fencing complete, the platform where terminating and originating trains arrive at Badlapur is now separated from the rest of the station. mid-day was the first to highlight the issue on March 26 after the railways announced plans for a new elevated deck. The multiple staircases, escalators, and elevators on the island platform will prove to be a major crowd buster to move out hordes of commuter crowds quickly, said officials.

"We have successfully barricaded the home platform. Without barricading work, we would not have been able to complete work on escalators and staircases of the elevated deck," a railway official said. A confusion had erupted after the railways on Saturday put up signage that looked like it was shutting down the platform, leading local media to rake up the issue and also inviting the ire of commuters.

"The buzz is that the platform is being shut, and commuters are now questioning how and why this is happening. All this is due to the way the local TV channels depicted it," said Harshad Chambawan, a local commuter. MRVC said they had corrected the signage put up at the station. "While these development works may cause temporary inconvenience, they will greatly enhance passenger comfort upon completion," an MRVC official said.