Mumbai: People living in the city’s Western suburbs may already suffer due to their workplace being far away from their homes. Adding to their woes are the incessant road works the area has seen over the past two years. According to sources in the BMC, only 290 of the proposed 460 road works have been completed in the Western suburbs so far.
The BMC undertakes road improvement works in every part of the city once in three years. Works may go on for as long as four years, much to the distress of commuters. Traffic jams become a common sight and citizens can only hope that the debris is cleared before monsoon sets in.
Among the proposed major roads in the Western suburbs, 82 are asphalt roads and 46 are made of concrete. But the civic body has been able to complete only 43 and 4 respectively, making citizens wonder when all of the proposed 460 will see the light of the day.
“The rest of the roads are in process. Work orders for some major roads in Dahisar, Borivali, Goregaon and Andheri have been given recently and work is expected to start within a fortnight,” said a senior official from the BMC’s Roads and Traffic Department.
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Besides, the department has proposed a revamp of 234 small roads in the suburbs but has only been able to complete 165 until December 2014. They are expecting another 49 asphalt roads and 16 concrete ones to be completed by the end of this year.
Tenders for road works to the tune of Rs 250 crore have been floated already and another Rs 200 crore worth of works are expected to be started soon. These include MG Road in Kandivali, North-bound Link Road in Malad, a 45 metre wide stretch of Santacruz-Chembur Link Road and the CST-Hansmudra Road that will be perpendicular to the Western Express Highway.
“Road works are necessary but we residents have a lot of problem with the debris that keeps lying there in subsequent days. A part of the area in Bandra was dug up for laying utility cables by a private company and the debris lied there for long. Who is responsible to clear that?” asked Robin Nath, secretary of the Bandra Bandstand Residents’ Association.
Sandip Sabharwal @sandipsabharwal
Mumbai must be the only city in the world where pavements and roads are dug up and filled every year.
Hitesh @Furtive_Glances
MCGM digs roads for one half of the year Rain digs roads during other half of the year That’s #Mumbai for y’all
Simran Duggal @TheFakePunjabi
There are 2 kinds of ppl in mumbai- 1 unfortunately make roads their homes & the other who are always on the road to reach home.
8 @anishkmotwani
Bad traffic at RC marg #chembur near chembur police station road. #roads #dug up since 3months #dugupmumbai @fpjindia
The Rising Sun @udaol
@Dev_Fadnavis So many roads of Mumbai are dug up at the same time. Hope you intervene and give us all a break 🙂
Ishan Doshi @ishandoshi
Why are 99.99% of mumbais roads dug up #annoying #Mumbai #traffic #roads
gabbarni @gabbarni
Most of the roads dug up in Mumbai, uppar wala hi jaane kab tak kaam chalega yeh!
Ravindra @ravindra_r
Reasons for digging roads in Mumbai: 1)Summer: strengthen to prevent potholes, 2)Rainy: fill potholes properly, 3)Winter: coverup potholes!
Anupam Gupta @b50
BMC in Mumbai runs Vella Rojgaar Employent Scheme whereby they give jobs to laborers by randomly digging up roads anywhere aise hi.
Karishma @karishmau
Dear @Dev_Fadnavis, instead of wasting your time renaming Chowpatty could your govt please do something abt Mumbai’s dug up roads. Thanks.
Aishwarya @ash27en
@PMOIndia : urgent attention to dug up roads and traffic situation in Mumbai.
Shilpi Dubey Pathak @ShilpiDPathak
The roads have been dug up almost everywhere in #Mumbai . Some never ending construction work goes on.
ninadb @ninadb
Vikhroli bus depot to Amar Mahal Rs.18/- on a #BEST bus on cratered roads. #inflation #Mumbai
n a m i t @fingkisher
Tu na jaane aas paas hai KHUDA – Official song for #Mumbai Roads! #MumbaiTraffic
r @rajabhaijaan
@Dev_Fadnavis yr best wishes would mean much more if you could improve the roads of Mumbai and halt the incessant digging.
shali @Filter_Cofee
@smart_mumbaikar is there someone who can throw light on why andheri kurla road is never fixed or no one is attempting to fix ?? It’s so bad
Nisarg Mehta @Nisarg_M_Mehta
@Filter_Cofee @smart_mumbaikar That is the case with all the roads in #Mumbai. Cheap paver blocks are used everywhere
Prasanna Viswanathan (CEO Swarajyamag) @prasannavishy
@malleshwara To paraphrase Laloo Yadav “Mumbai roads were as smooth as Hemamalini’s cheeks till saffron onslaught battered it” @menakadoshi
