In a much awaited news, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Monday, March 14, opened a 6.45 km long flyover connecting Chheda Nagar junction in Ghatkopar with the Santacruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR).
This development came after the MMRDA received lot of criticism from people of several corners and opposition parties for keeping it shut despite the construction work had been completed a few days ago. Therefore, on the instructions of Aaditya Thackeray, the Guardian minister of Suburban Mumbai, the flyover was thrown open for public use.
BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha had alleged that even as the work was completed, it was not opened for the public and waiting for inauguration at the hands of a minister.
Minister Aaditya Thackeray along with the Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde had then visited the flyover on Sunday night, March 13, and ordered MMRDA to open the one side of the flyover for vehicular traffic.
It is said that this flyover will benefit to the commuters plying from Thane, Mankhurd, Navi Mumbai and Pune towards Mumbai and vice-versa. Also, it is a part of the three flyovers planned to decongest Chheda Nagar Junction at a cost of INR 249 crores.
Apart from this, the other two flyovers include one flyover of 680 metres between Mumbai and Thane direction and 1.2 km flyover between Mankhurd to Thane direction.
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