Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed bhoomi pujan for widening the underpass connecting the Western Express Highway and Kandivali station on 15 September 2019.
The work of widening and construction of this Akurli vehicular subway will be carried out by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). MMRDA will also construct Andheri (E)-Dahisar (E) Metro 7 on which Bandongri Metro station has been built. This vehicular subway is between two Metro stations of Bandongri and Mahindra.
The work is being implemented at a cost of Rs 26.83 crore and likely to be completed within 36 months. The width of this subway will be widened from 16 mtr to 33 mtr. The subway has been a bottleneck and once this gets widened it will help motorists and commuters using the Metro stations.