THANE: Travel on an Eight-km stretch on Ghodbunder Road, particularly all through height hours, has develop into a headache for motorists,because of the stretch being dug up for Metro work. Also service roads, that are already blocked by illegally parked automobiles too had been dug up by civic works.
Barricades for the Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavli Metro 4 have taken over more than an entire lane, leaving just two-and-a part lanes for automobiles to ply on the two carriageways, leading to day by day traffic jams in each instructions—from Majiwada towards Kasarvadavli and from Borivli towards Ghodbunder. “It takes nearly an hour to cover 4km in a bus. And trucks add to the congestion,” mentioned Roshan Rai, a resident.
At instances, the traffic jam extends up to Gaimukh and even till Versova bridge, complained motorists, including that they can not use service roads as maximum of them are in a foul situation. “Almost all service roads in this stretch are in a foul state and the remaining cannot be accessed as Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has dug them up to lay drainage and water pipelines,” mentioned Pracheta Mada, an area resident. Arjun Ahire, head of the civic water division, mentioned they're going to take eventually three months to finish the pipeline-laying work.
Traffic authorities mentioned they have deployed their males alongside the path to control traffic and direct motorists to use inner roads in case of a serious jam.
Barricades for the Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavli Metro 4 have taken over more than an entire lane, leaving just two-and-a part lanes for automobiles to ply on the two carriageways, leading to day by day traffic jams in each instructions—from Majiwada towards Kasarvadavli and from Borivli towards Ghodbunder. “It takes nearly an hour to cover 4km in a bus. And trucks add to the congestion,” mentioned Roshan Rai, a resident.
At instances, the traffic jam extends up to Gaimukh and even till Versova bridge, complained motorists, including that they can not use service roads as maximum of them are in a foul situation. “Almost all service roads in this stretch are in a foul state and the remaining cannot be accessed as Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has dug them up to lay drainage and water pipelines,” mentioned Pracheta Mada, an area resident. Arjun Ahire, head of the civic water division, mentioned they're going to take eventually three months to finish the pipeline-laying work.
Traffic authorities mentioned they have deployed their males alongside the path to control traffic and direct motorists to use inner roads in case of a serious jam.
Nightmare on Ghodbunder Road: Metro work, dug up service lanes
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January 29, 2019
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