September 13th 2023.
Mumbai is all set to witness a crucial new addition to its infrastructure with the Delisle Road Overbridge (ROB). After opening one arm of the bridge connecting GK Marg with N.M Joshi Marg, the BMC plans to open the left portion of the second arm connecting Lower Parel with Currey Road on September 18.
The Lower Parel Nagrik Uddhanpul Kruti Samiti had expressed their token agitation by taking kids for a picnic to the bridge site and demanded the entire bridge to be opened or face a massive agitation. The BMC had assured to open the bridge by August 31, but had to delay it due to various reasons like the time required for concrete curing, a strike of water tankers, and a lack of steel supply this year.
The bridge, which had been shut since July 2018, is a crucial link between Lower Parel, Worli, Prabhadevi, and Currey Road in the west and Byculla and other areas in the east. Gaurav Sankpal, a member of the Lower Parel Nagrik Uddhanpul Kruti Samiti, said, "The BMC has given us six dates for opening the bridge in the last six years. The portion which they are now opening before Ganeshotsav is only to go to Currey Road. But to return to Lower Parel, we will have to take a long route, which is very inconvenient and time-consuming."
The BMC has plans to open the entire bridge by the end of November and is expecting to complete the project within 15 months. The bridge's opening will bring much-needed relief to local residents and office-goers who have been inconvenienced by the traffic in the Parel, Dadar TT, and Mahalaxmi areas for the last five years.
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