Months after the much-publicised inauguration of the Sindoor bridge, which replaced the colonial-era Carnac bridge, the structure’s pedestrian pathways are finally seeing progress. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also begun work on the long-pending landing staircases that connect the elevated pathways to the ground, paving the way for their long-awaited opening. The work on the pedestrian pathway on another newly inaugurated bridge, in Vikhroli, is, however, yet to begin.

When mid-day visited the site of Sindoor bridge, at Masjid Bunder, on Monday, the foundations for the staircases were visible for the first time, with officials promising that work would be completed by December 2025.