The Himalaya foot overbridge (FoB) outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) will be ready by March 15, but without an escalator. While the staircase and the bulk of the work are in the final stages, the escalator will take another three to four months, according to civic officials.

Initially, the civic body had come up with the idea of an escalator for the bridge at one of the two openings (on a footpath end) outside CSMT. But the idea was dropped due to a lack of sufficient space, and the BMC floated a tender without an escalator in June 2021. The work was supposed to be completed within 15 months at a cost of Rs 5.75 crore. However, it was stalled for more than three years owing to various reasons.