Over the weekend, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) H West ward carried work that involved replacing the old water pipeline with a new 750-mm-diameter pipe, the last phase of which was completed with a connection at the Lucky Junction on SV Road in Bandra West.
The road damaged by a passing vehicle, on Monday
The work led to heavy traffic over the weekend, with some saying it was taking 10 minutes to traverse a 650-metre-long stretch. But on Monday morning, daily commuters were greeted with a road that was not cordoned off anymore, as the civic body had finished the work overnight, filling up the trench and giving the road a tar finish. mid-day contacted the H West ward for a timeline on completion of the work, but didn’t receive a response by press time.
The road work caused major traffic jams over the weekend
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Rafik Bashi Sayed, a local who previously spoke with mid-day about noise issues that accompanied the work, said, “We are glad that the work has been completed… we can have a peaceful sleep tonight. Saturday and Sunday were the most intense days as all the major work happened then, but by 5 am on Monday, we saw that the authorities had finished their work completely.”
‘Difficult managing traffic’
Rupesh Mailaram, a traffic police constable deployed at the Lucky Junction, said, “We had a very difficult time managing the traffic over the weekend. It would turn into a traffic jam as soon as the morning office hours started. But now the traffic is moving smoothly. The only thing left is a little bit of work towards the Hill Road, according to what the workers told us. Once that is completed, we will have smooth-flowing traffic.”
