The Kalyan Phata flyover project on the Kalyan-Shilphata route has cleared a key administrative hurdle after the Maharashtra government approved the transfer of 0.5496 hectares of protected forest land to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The approval is intended to enable construction of the proposed flyover at one of the busiest and most congested junctions on the old National Highway 4 corridor.
The state Revenue and Forest Department issued the government resolution approving the land transfer on 11 September 2026. MMRDA subsequently published a public notice on 21 September informing stakeholders about the decision. The transferred land will be used for non-forest purposes for the flyover project in the limits of Shil village in Thane taluka.
The approved parcel includes 0.4320 hectares from Survey No. 72, 0.0367 hectares from Survey No. 100 and 0.0809 hectares from Survey No. 102. Together, the three parcels make up the 0.5496-hectare area required for the project.
The Kalyan Phata junction connects traffic from Kalyan, Dombivli, Ambernath, Badlapur and Ulhasnagar with destinations including Shilphata, Thane, Mahape and Navi Mumbai. The corridor handles heavy daily traffic, while the junction becomes particularly congested during the evening return journey, when vehicles approaching from Mahape are funnelled through a relatively narrow stretch.
Traffic queues regularly build up from multiple directions at the junction. A signal system was installed at the location recently, but the congestion has continued, according to the report. The traffic conditions have also raised concerns about the difficulty of moving out of the area during an emergency because vehicles remain packed into the junction for extended periods.
The flyover has been proposed to separate through traffic from vehicles using the junction and reduce conflict between different traffic movements. The tender process for the project had already been completed, but the transfer of the Forest Department’s land remained pending. The government’s approval now removes that specific land-related impediment.
The land transfer is significant because infrastructure projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region often require coordination between multiple public agencies and departments. In this case, the project involved MMRDA, the state Revenue and Forest Department and land identified as protected forest in the Shil village area. The latest decision establishes the approved land-use basis for the proposed work, while the supplied report does not specify a construction start date, completion deadline or revised project cost.
For commuters travelling between Kalyan, Dombivli, Thane and Navi Mumbai, the immediate change is administrative rather than operational: construction activity and a flyover opening have not yet been announced in the supplied information. The next project milestones will depend on the implementation process following the land transfer and the actions taken by MMRDA under the completed tender arrangement.
