A flyover in Mumbai has sparked a site visitors jam of political and civic commentary over its lanes allegedly narrowing “all of a sudden” from 4 to 2 — a cost that the federal government denied, however former minister Aaditya Thackeray didn’t lose the possibility for a dig.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Area Growth Authority (MMRDA) responded on Tuesday to an X put up by a deal with known as ‘Gems of Mira Bhayandar’ (@GemsOfMBMC).
The deal with had posted a video of lanes apparently narrowing in a soon-to-be-opened mission. “This double-decker flyover is part of the Metro Line 9 mission by JKumar and is about to be inaugurated in February… Is that this how (MMRDA) designs ‘infrastructure’? (sic) How did this design get accepted?”
The MMRDA official X deal with replied a day later: “The flyover doesn’t ‘all of a sudden slim’. The transition from 4 lanes to 2 lanes just isn’t a design flaw, however is predicated on accessible street width constraints, and future community planning.”
It argued that the flyover has been designed with two lanes for Bhayander East “and future connecting two lanes for Bhayander West”.
“Because the Bhayander East arm comes first alongside the alignment, the 4-lane configuration presently transitions into 2 lanes. The remaining two lanes on the outer facet are deliberate as a part of the long run extension in direction of Bhayander West throughout the Western Railway line,” the authority clarified.
“This design permits clean crossing of one of many busiest junctions within the Mira–Bhayander area whereas accommodating on-ground constraints,” it additional mentioned, asserting that “provision has been saved for future widening”, a proposal that’s “presently on the strategy planning stage”.
Shiv Sena-UBT chief Aaditya Thackeray used the chance to taint the BJP-led authorities.
“Individuals should not make enjoyable of MMRDA and the staff that designed this masterpiece. Subsequent yr, one other MoU on instructing this design to different nations,” he wrote on X. “Any such discount of lanes goes to create chaos and site visitors anyway! Guess the minister accountable for MMRDA,” he additional wrote.
The chairman of the MMRDA is deputy CM Eknath Shinde, who broke the Shiv Sena and thus unseated Aaditya’s father, Uddhav Thackeray, as CM in 2022.
