Updated On: 16 July, 2022 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
In unusual request, locals say they do not want cover on walkway as it encourages junkies, hawkers and muggers

The roofless new FOB at the Churchgate end of Mahim station
As it constructed a new foot overbridge (FOB) at the Churchgate end of Mahim station, the railways moved to the next leg of the project—install the roof. Then came an unusual request. Local residents told the authorities they were ready to brave the rain and scorching summer but didn’t want a cover on the bridge. The roof will draw hawkers, druggies and anti-social elements, they said.