South Mumbai's parliamentarian Milind Deora opposes proposed project under Priyadarshani Park.
The residents around Malabar Hill, Priyadarshani Park and Pedder Road have found new support in their opposition to the proposed underground tunnel under Priyadarshani Park. Member of Parliament Milind Deora has come out openly in their support and said that the state government should try and construct an underground tunnel right from Haji Ali to Nariman Point.
Speaking to DNA after a visit to review the progress of the much delayed Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the young parliamentarian said that the Maharashtra state road development corporation (MSRDC) as well as the state government should learn their lessons from the enormous delays caused in the sea link project.
“I am pushing forward for a direct underground tunnel which would connect to the Worli-Haji Ali sea link. I have already conveyed my demand to the chief minister as well as senior MSRDC officials. No development which may prove fatal to the city’s health should go ahead. Precisely due to such ignorance on behalf of the state government, the Bandra-Worli project got delayed beyond limits. The state government and the corporation should quickly learn from their mistakes,” said Deora.
In the fourth and last phase of the Western Freeway, which is from Haji Ali to Nariman Point, the external consultants have favoured a sea link from Haji Ali to Priyadarshani Park. Moreover, they have given a green signal for the feasibility of a tunnel going under Malabar Hill and opening up at Marine Drive. The feasibility report also says that tunnel using the “cut and curve” technique should be constructed under Marine Drive right up to Nariman Point.
When asked about this report, Deora criticised the corporation by saying that if such a report has been received, the corporation should make it public. “If unnecessary secrecy is maintained in such a case, there are bound to be protests, allegations and litigations which will cause criminal delay in the completion of the project,” said Deora.
When asked if there was any political agenda behind his visit, he said: “I have been meeting MSRDC officials and contractors for the past over four years. I have an interest in the development of infrastructure and that is what has resulted in me coming here. There is absolutely no political agenda in this visit.”
Deora’s South Mumbai constituency will have Worli as its part in the forthcoming general elections.
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