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Mumbai: Now, it's bad news for motorists in Malad
Updated On: 09 November, 2022 07:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
BMC wakes up late as usual, as several shops lining dilapidated SV Road bridge get notices with three-day ultimatum; worryingly, heavy vehicles are still plying on the bridge despite it being declared dangerous
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Vehicles on the old bridge on SV Road near Malad station. The new connectors are useless because of the shops. Pic/Nimesh Dave
As it faces public wrath for poor planning over the closure of Andheri’s Gokhale bridge, the BMC is now staring at a similar crisis in Malad. The corporation declared a bridge on SV Road dilapidated in 2019 and built a lane on either side, but cannot open them as many shops sit on their alignment. It has now sent notices to the shops with a three-day ultimatum.
The BMC has now sent notices to the shops seeking their response. While shopkeepers are reluctant to move to alternative locations and unhappy over the compensation offered, civic officials said negotiations are on. Swami Vivekananda Road or S V Road is a key road that connects all the railway stations on the western line. A 10-metre-wide nullah runs close to the Malad subway and then under SV Road right in front of the Bata showroom near Sainath Road. While the width of SV Road is about 90 feet, it becomes 45 feet on the bridge above the nullah.
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