MUMBAI SENIORS GET RAILWAY ESCALATORS AFTER FIVE YEARS

Senior citizens in Mumbai are getting escalators installed at the Jogeshwari railway station after five years of asking, mid-day reports. Two foot overbridges at the station, which were higher than previous ones, will get escalators on the west side. Progress on the issue has been slow, because the area where the escalators will end belongs to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp. (BMC). BMC approved the project back in July, but work was at a standstill because of monsoon season. Western Railways says work will soon begin on the escalators now that all hurdles have been cleared.