India, Sept. 24 -- More than 10 days after the Elphinstone Road bridge was shut to traffic to make way for the Sewri Worli Elevated Corridor, 83 families residing in two buildings that will be affected by the project remain clueless about their rehabilitation.

"Until September 12, the authorities had been assuring us that the transition will be smooth and they will be in constant communication. Now that the bridge's demolition has begun, they all have disappeared. This only proves our point that we are not a priority for the government," one of the residents of Laxmi Sadan and Haji Noorani Chawl told Hindustan Times.

The British-era Elphinstone bridge was closed to traffic on the night of September 12. The same day, deputy chief ministe...