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Mumbai: The Rs 150-cr blunder bridge
Updated On: 07 March, 2024 06:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
Rebuilding Barfiwala from scratch could cost more than thrice the original cost of building the entire flyover, which itself took six long years
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The construction of the Barfiwala flyover began in 2006. File Pic/Rane Ashish
Rebuilding the Barfiwala flyover, whose misalignment with the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge in Andheri has given commuters a headache, would cost more than Rs 150 crore. The flyover was built by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and completed in 2012 after six long years, seeing its cost double, from Rs 23 crore to Rs 46 crore.
Managing traffic on the busy S V Road was one of the main reasons for the delay. If needed to be rebuilt, at today`s market rate, the flyover will easily exceed R150 crore, but more than that, the time required for the reconstruction is an issue. Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) continues to be lost at sea regarding the misalignment issue and is awaiting the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) recommendations on possible solutions.
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