Mumbai: The long-delayed Airoli–Kalwa elevated railway corridor once again run into trouble, with the Thane unit of the NCP–Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) threatening to halt the ongoing survey unless the government issues a written rehabilitation agreement for all project-affected slum dwellers.

The warning was issued after party leader Jitendra Awhad received a letter from the Thane Municipal Commissioner stating that rehabilitation would begin soon after the survey, without specifying where or how families would be resettled.

Awhad criticised the communication as vague and claimed it lacked any concrete roadmap for the relocation of over 750 families whose homes fall directly in the path of the proposed corridor. The issue, dormant for years, resurfaced immediately as the letter failed

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