The shifting of the 90-metre Gokhale bridge girder will start on Sunday. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched the beam on the night of December 2 at the south side of the site but it needs to be moved 14 metres north where pillars are ready.

While Additional Municipal Commissioner P Velrasu told mid-day the shifting work would commence on Sunday, an official involved in the project said that shifting the girder would take three days. After this is done, the beam will be lowered, a process that will take 11 to 15 days. Every night, the girder will be brought down by at least 550 millimetres, according to the official.