Vasai-Bhayandar ro-ro service: No big gain for regular commuters

Updated On: 22 February, 2024 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma

Vasai East and Nalasopara residents say jetty is too far from their homes and that road leading to it is too narrow

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Vehicles ferried to Bhayandar from Vasai on Tuesday. Pics/Hanif Patel

Residents of Virar, Nalasopara and Vasai East are not looking forward to using the recently inaugurated roll-on/roll-off boat services that connect Vasai and Bhayandar via the sea as it takes them a while to reach the jetty in Vasai West. They said the services would only prove helpful for those living in proximity to the jetty.

While Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) officials claim the Ro-Ro boat services will be a great help for people residing in Vasai, Virar and Nalasopara, a local critic termed them an election stunt, saying they had been started in a hurry.

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