The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has installed its first escalator at Bandongri Station on the Andheri (East) to Dahisar (East) Metro-7 Corridor.

There will be, in all, 82 escalators installed at the 13 stations on the 16.5 km Metro-7 Corridor.

The stations at Andheri (East), JVLR Junction, Mahanand, Aarey, Pathan Wadi, Bandongri, Mahindra and Mahindra, Magathane, Devipada, National Park and Ovaripada will have six escalators each, while Shankarwadi and Pushpa Park stations will have eight escalators each at an estimated cost of Rs 48.30 crore.

The 18.5 km Dahisar to DN Nagar Metro-2A Corridor will have 105 escalators. The stations at Dahisar (East), Anand Nagar, Rushi Sankul, I C Colony, Eksar, Don Bosco, Shimpoli, Mahaveer Nagar, Kamraj Nagar, Charkop, Malad, Kastur Park, Bangur Nagar, Goregaon Metro, Aadarsh Nagar, Shastri Nagar will have six escalators each, while DN Nagar Station will have nine escalators at an estimated cost of Rs 53 crore.