Satish Gawai, vice-chairman and managing director of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), said that they have asked the state government to grant funds to procure the equipment suggested by police.
The city police chief has asked the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to take appropriate steps to secure the newly-constructed Bandra-Worli Sealink from the possibility of a "spectacular" terror attack.
The city police commissioner D Sivanandan, through a letter, asked the MSRDC, which constructed the Rs1600-crore bridge officially known as the Rajeev Gandhi Sea Link, to install mobile/gantry-based explosive scanners on the bridge.
"The terrorists may/can use explosive laden cars for staging a spectacular attack (especially in the cable-stayed portion of the sealink)," stated the letter dated July 27. The letter, addressed to Satish Gawai, vice-chairman and managing director of MSRDC, further stated, "It is necessary to install mobile/gantry-based (human-safe) explosive scanners at either end of the sea link. Such scanners are presently used by sea ports for scanning."
The police chief has also suggested that no vehicle should be allowed to be stopped near the cable-stayed area. The bridge has an average daily traffic of around 25,000 vehicles on weekdays.
Sivanandan also emphasised on the need of dog squads at the eight-lane wide and five-km long sea link. "There is a need for six dog squads that sniff explosives," he said in the letter. He had also written a letter on security measures to be taken up on the sea link on July 13.
Gawai said that they have asked the state government to grant funds to procure the equipment suggested by police. The cable-stayed bridge links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai. It has reduced travel time between Bandra and Worli from 4,560 minutes to seven minutes.
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