Metro trains on Line 5 will undergo routine inspections and repair work at the Kasheli depot before returning to passenger service.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) invited online bids for designing, developing, supplying, installing, testing and commissioning standard-gauge ballasted and ballastless track works at Kasheli depot. The contract is valued at ₹84.34 crore, with a ₹42.17 lakh tender security and a 20-month completion period, including monsoon.

Metro Line 5 connects Thane, Bhiwandi and Kalyan. Its planned length has increased from 22.38 km to 34.21 km following approval of the 11.83-km Line 5A extension from Durgadi through Kalyan to Ulhasnagar. The extension will add seven elevated stations: Durgadi, Khadakpada, Bhoirwadi, Shivaji Path, Shanti Nagar, Shivaji Chowk and Ulhasnagar, with interchange connections to Lines 5 and 12 and Central Railway at Kalyan Junction.

Phase 1 is nearing Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety inspection; passenger services are targeted by year-end. The corridor is expected to ease road and suburban rail congestion and support economic activity, particularly in Bhiwandi’s warehousing and logistics hub.

• The 23.8-km Vadape-Thane Road expansion on the Old Mumbai-Nashik Highway is likely to open to traffic by Diwali.
• Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) says over 92% of the project is complete.
• The main carriageway is largely done: 22.46 km of 23.8 km finished.
• Service roads are also advanced: 17.40 km of 18.35 km completed.
• The corridor is being upgraded to an eight-lane highway with two-lane service roads on both sides.
• Three major structures are complete: Kalwa Creek Bridge, Kasheli Creek Bridge and Vadape Flyover.
• The 84-metre railway overbridge was around 72% complete in July; girder launching began after railway permission in May.
• The project includes 10 vehicular underpasses (VUPs); seven at Yewai, Walshind, Sonale, Saravali, Dive LVUP, Dive VUP and Kharegaon were completed.
• Pimplas, Ovali and Mankoli-Motagaon were in advanced stages.
• The road is expected to ease congestion on the Thane-Bhiwandi corridor and improve movement for freight operators.
• It will also help disperse traffic linked to the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg and improve access to Bhiwandi’s warehousing, logistics and industrial areas.
• The project cost is estimated at Rs 1,182 crore and is being executed by MSRDC for NHAI under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM).
• NHAI is funding the project upfront and will repay MSRDC in instalments over 15 years.

• Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has completed 92% of the 23.8-km Vadape-Thane Road expansion along the Old Mumbai-Nashik National Highway.
• The project aims to decongest a busy freight and commuter route linking Thane, Bhiwandi and Nashik, and to improve movement for heavy vehicles heading to Bhiwandi’s warehouse cluster.
• The road will become an eight-lane corridor with two-lane service roads on both sides.
• Progress details:

• Three bridges are complete: Kalwa Creek Bridge, Kasheli Creek Bridge and Vadape Flyover.
• The railway overbridge is the only pending major structure; girder launching began after Railway Department clearance on 25 May, and completion is expected by September 2026.
• Seven underpasses are complete at Yewai, Walshind, Sonale, Saravali, Dive LVUP, Dive VUP and Kharegaon.
• Pimplas VUP, Ovali VUP and Mankoli-Motagaon VUP are targeted for August.
• The Rs 1,182 crore project is part of the traffic dispersal plan linked to the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg and is being executed under the Hybrid Annuity Model, with NHAI funding upfront and repaying MSRDC over 15 years.