Kapurbawdi flyover misses November 15 date

November 16, 2013

B B Nayak, TNN |

THANE: Residents of the city are a harried lot with the Maharashtra State Road DevelopmentCorporation (MSRDC) repeatedly missing deadlines for opening the Kapurbavdi flyover.

On November 15, the agency added to its long list of missed deadlines. It had promised to throw open the Mumbai-Ghodbunder arm of the flyover on Friday, but decided against it at the last moment due to a lot of unfinished work.

As a result, Shiv Sena leaders have threatened to open the flyover forcibly for motorists on December 1 in case the agency failed to do so.

Looking at the situation, the agency has played safe and said that it will open the flyover by next week.

Kishore Mali, project in-charge from MSRDC, said, “We have almost completed the work on the Mumbai-Ghodbunder wing spanning 1.1km. We need just two more days for some work on the approach road at Ghodbunder end. By Sunday, we’ll be ready. In case we fail to get any minister for the official inauguration, we will throw open the flyover for users next week.”

Naveen Singh, an angry resident who has to use this stretch often, said, “Motorists are suffering due to the severe traffic jams during peak hours. How long will we have to wait to use the facility being built with taxpayers’ money?”

Shrikant Kadu, a motorist, lambasted officials for their lax attitude in delaying this project. “Delay in most infrastructure projects is because of corruption. MSRDC is least bothered about public money being wasted like this.”

Mali added, “As the project has been lingering on for a long time, motorists are bearing the brunt. We will clear all technical hurdles by Sunday and, as I said, by next week the flyover will be opened.”

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