Despite winning 118 seats in the civic body, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is likely to head only eight of Mumbai’s 18 ward committees; ward committees, which function as ward-level equivalents of the standing committee, enable closer engagement with local communities

Foundational work and other essential activities will be carried out during the 85-day block, during which train operations from platforms 16 and 17 will remain suspended until completion of the work and handover of the platforms to Central Railway for traffic operations