Navi Mumbai Traffic Update: Sanpada Underpass To Remain Closed For 2 Months

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) will be undertaking major repair work at the 108-meter-long Sanpada railway underpass, which provides the crucial East-West for the residents.

For this, CIDCO has decided to close the underpass for the next two months for the first time repairs.

The underpass is to be closed on December 26 and a hoarding has been placed informing residents that the work will go on until January 22, 2024.

The structural condition of the underpass had become a cause of major concern for residents owing to lack of timely maintenance and repair work. CIDCO attributes the structural design of the underpass to be a challenge.

According to officials, the Sanpada underpass is not a plain surface; instead both the openings are elevated while the centre portion is at a lower level which causes water logging during monsoons. Since above the underpass is the railway line there is no chance of making any structural changes. But this time the work is contracted to a private agency and administration is spending nearly ₹14.75 lakh in getting the issue resolved.

Recently the issue was even raised by the Shiv Sena party. Formal complaint was lodged with CIDCO by the party in the month of August.

In response to the complaint a letter was issued by CIDCO in November affirming that the repair work would be taken up at the earliest.

Navi Mumbai Shiv Sena unit head told HT that this time CIDCO has come out with a proper work order wherein the entire length of the subway will be excavated and concrete will be laid. With this the issues of tiles getting chipped or loosened even water logging will come to end. The underpass is actually meant only for pedestrians but over the past two decades it’s been used by vehicles.