It is with much fan-fare that Bandra Worli Sea-Link bridge has been inaugurated in Mumbai (Bombay).
Built on a BOT (Build Operate Transfer) model, the bridge stands testimony to colossal waste of public money for the benefit of few.
Pro Bridge lobby will say that the bridge will make travel to Nariman Point and South Mumbai eassier and faster.
I say, why do we need to travel to the south tip at all. The error of developing Nariman Point as a business district is being compounded by creating infrastructure to reach there. There is a need to re-think the way Mumbai is developing and the way people travel.
A similar investment in local rail transport would have benefited a lot more people, but then these people are considered insignificant by the decision makers who themselves travel in cars and other such personal transport vehicles.
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agree with your comments, also if the bridge is to ease traffice between Bandra & Narimanpoint, then they should have taken the bridge till Hajiali . I think this bridge will add more chaos to people travelling to Nariman point. m
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