Updated On: 20 December, 2023 07:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Extension to Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road will reduce traffic congestion on internal roads, say residents

The stretch of road that was cleared of illegal hawkers and parked vehicles. Pic/Shadab Khan
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) removed encroachment and illegal parking on the Jawahar Road connector in Ghatkopar East a couple of months ago. Now residents of Ghatkopar are demanding that the civic body works on the entire stretch of the connector up to the Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road (AGLR).
mid-day reported on the issue of illegal parking and hawkers` encroachment on the Jawahar Road connector on December 23, 2022. Following the report, the BMC removed illegal parking and hawkers along a 300-metre stretch of road that was constructed in 2021 as a part of the connector Jawahar Road to AGLR. The BMC action resulted in new connectivity between Jawahar Road to Pant Nagar.