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Mahul Road dug up for sewage work since 4 years

The ward officer, however, says the road will be motorable within 10 days!

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Road work in Chembur on Ghatkope Mahul Road
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While civic officials maintain that roads dug up in the city for pre-monsoon repairs will be motorable by May 31, these assurances ring hollow, going by the current status of repairs. Even if the work is completed before monsoon, shoddy work is likely to be delivered to meet the deadline.

One such example of pre-monsoon road repair works that are far from completion is at RC Marg in Chembur, popularly known as Ghatkopar-Mahul road. This road beneath the Chembur-Wadala monorail is narrow compared to the heavy traffic flow the road sees due to the connectivity it offers. RC Marg is the only way for the commuters from Mahul to travel towards the eastern suburbs, while vehicles from Eastern Freeway exiting at Chembur's Shivaji Chowk, and heading to Amar Mahal and Santacruz-Chembur link road lands here. However, the stretch in front of Navjivan Society is dug up from the past few months for micro-tunneling due to which the stretch from the society up till the Dr CD Road (Chembur camp) has traffic choked.

The two-lane road has barricades, which occupy the footpath and the first lane. As the lane towards Ghatkopar has pillars of monorail, the motorists are left with just two lanes to use, with pedestrians walking on the road as well.

Rajkumar Sharma, a Civic Activist said, "It has been more than four years that the micro-tunneling work has been underway. Due to the monorail, the road has become very narrow, plus this work has been causing inconvenience for the commuters. Neither do they have a footpath to walk on nor are there spacious road to drive. I have been raising this issues in the civic meetings, but the officials do not give any concrete answers."

The micro-tunneling work does not have any issues related to funds, then what is delaying the work, that too, for years?" Sharma said.

However, M-West ward officer, Harshed Kale said, "While tunneling, we came across a rock underground due which we had to remodel. This caused the delay. The team is working extensively and the road will be motorable before monsoon."

The area is also prone to waterlogging causing more inconvenience to the commuters.

"The road is dug up deep like a well and they are laying big pipes. Looking at the current status of work, it is practically impossible to complete the work before monsoon", said Santosh Rajan, a resident of Chembur.

& Analysis:

The civic body is liable to make city roads motorable before monsoon. However, at present, hundreds of roads in Mumbai are dug up. Although, completion of some road works may be possible before monsoon, what about the roads which are extensively dug up?

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