India, May 1 -- The long-awaited and long-under-construction extension to the Santacruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR), connecting it directly to the Western Express Highway (WEH), is 95% complete, as per the construction authority MMRDA, which hopes to open it in the current month of May. But as the extension has crossed many deadlines starting 2019 till the early months of 2025, commuters are waiting with fingers crossed, hoping for a pre-monsoon opening.

The SCLR, which opened to traffic in 2014, gave Mumbai a connector between the eastern and western suburbs, from Kapadia Nagar on CST Road, Kalina, to the Amar Mahal junction, Chembur on the Eastern Express Highway. It is also used by commuters travelling to and from Navi Mumbai and BKC. Bu...