The Western Railway (WR) has decided to exchange a plot of land with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to facilitate the makeover of Borivali railway station. At present, construction of a building and the home platform is going on at Borivali station (east). After the exchange of the land, work on laying tracks will proceed towards Dahisar, according to railway sources.

While work on the home platform is going on smoothly on the east side of the railway station, a piece of land that belongs to the civic body has become a hurdle for the WR to lay tracks towards Dahisar. “So, WR has decided to give a plot of railway land to BMC in exchange for a piece of land that belongs to the civic body. We have already finished the paperwork and got the Railway board’s nod to exchange the land with BMC ,” said a senior official of WR.

According to WR officials, it will take around nine more months to complete the construction of the home platform (platform no.6) and a single storey building at Borivali (east) station’s south end. The WR will shell out around Rs 9 crore to construct the new building and Rs 14.5 crore for the new platform.

According to sources, tenders for the construction work were floated on July 22. Apart from this, Western Railway has also given its approval to construct a road overbridge (ROB) towards the south end of the platform no.8 at Borivali station for the convenience of commuters. According to WR officials, a contract worth Rs 30 lakh has been awarded for the same.