The work on the 28-kilometre Kalyan-Murbad railway line in Thane district will begin from September this year, Union minister and local parliamentarian Kapil Patil said on Friday, according to the PTI. An official release from the office of Patil, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP from Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, said he had met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Delhi recently to discuss the project.

The in-principle approval for the line was given in 2016 and a route survey was conducted from Ulhasnagar, Titwala and Murbad in the district, as per the PTI.