Mumbai: Construction on the eastern section of Metro Line 6 (Swami Samarth Nagar Lokhandwala–Vikhroli) has come to a halt after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) began demolishing a few already-built pillars. The move comes in the wake of a redesign of the route, necessitated by the relocation of the car depot at Kanjurmarg.

The 15.31-km-long Pink Line, estimated to cost Rs 6,700 crore, has witnessed multiple delays since work commenced in 2017. Originally, the metro car depot was planned on a plot adjoining the Eastern Express Highway at Kanjurmarg.

To facilitate entry, engineers had designed cantilever and portal piers as per the original alignment. However, with the depot now shifted to an adjacent 15-hectare plot north of the earlier site, the entry alignm

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