India, June 5 -- A fortnight after nearly 500 slum tenements were razed in Garib Nagar in Bandra East, the Western Railway (WR) has finished erecting a fence around 50% of the 5,200-square metre railway land parcel to prevent further encroachment. WR authorities have also begun planning for the expansion of Bandra Terminus, with a diesel locomotive maintenance shed slated to come up at the Churchgate-end of the free-up area.

WR sources told Hindustan Times that nearly all debris generated during the May 19-21 demolition drive has now been cleared from the site.

"Work on constructing a protective boundary around the reclaimed railway land has also gathered pace. Of the proposed 250-metre fencing, around 50% has already been completed," a...