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Tag: Gokhale

Mumbai: ‘Low Gokhale bridge wall is a danger to all’
March 20, 2024
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The Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge in Andheri is facing an issue with its safety wall height, prompting residents to raise concerns. Dhaval Shah, founder of the Andheri Lokhandwala Oshiwara Citizen’s Association (LOCA), wrote to BMC Commissioner I S Chahal highlighting the safety risks posed by the low height of the wall, measuring just 2.5 to three feet. Shah emphasised that the inadequate height poses a danger to pedestrians, including children and school students, who frequently use the footpath. “There…

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Mumbai: Issues around Gokhale Bridge persist
March 10, 2024
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Following the huge public outcry, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has requested the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute to propose a solution to connect the Gokhale bridge and the Barfiwala flyover without demolishing the latter.  The misalignment between the bridge and the flyover attracted country-wide criticism towards the BMC. In a letter to VJTI Director Dr Sachin Kore, on Thursday, the BMC said that considering the public inconvenience at CD Barfiwala road junction, “the Municipal Commissioner has strongly instructed to convey…

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Gokhale bridge-flyover alignment fiasco: Suspend BMC chief, says Aaditya
March 8, 2024
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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday said that Mumbai civic commissioner (administrator) IS Chahal should be placed under suspension for the Gokhale bridge-flyover alignment fiasco, reported the PTI. It was noticed after construction of the bridge over the tracks at Andheri railway station that it did not align with the connecting Barfiwala flyover that was built just over a decade ago, as per the PTI. According to the PTI, in his letter to Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais,…

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Gokhale Bridge-Barfiwala flyover misalignment: BMC issues detailed clarification
March 5, 2024
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tuesday issued a detailed clarification over reports circulating in media regarding the misalignment between the under construction Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge in Andheri and the Barfiwala Flyover. In response to reports circulating in various media outlets, the BMC said that the reconstruction work for the Gokhale Bridge, within the municipal portion, commenced on March 15, 2021, after the issuance of a work order on April 20, 2020. During the demolition phase of the old…

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Gokhale bridge reopening soon, but Barfiwala alignment poses new challenge
February 24, 2024
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Finally, after 15 months, and extending deadlines at least six times, one side of the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge will be completed by Saturday. The bridge may open on Monday for the general public. However, residents have been raising questions over the unfinished work of alignment of the Barfiwala bridge for the last two years. Gokhale bridge has been in the limelight since its closure in November 2022. Residents of Andheri, Versova, and Vile Parle have to take a…

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Mumbai Concreting work on Gokhale Road bridge done
January 30, 2024
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After declaring February 25 as the new deadline for the Gokhale bridge at Andheri, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) completed concreting the bridge on Monday. The curing period for the concrete is three weeks, and remaining work, including lighting, signage, lane marking, will be done simultaneously to complete it by February 23.  Meanwhile, in a follow-up letter to the BMC, residents raised the issue of the condition of the unused newly built Teli Gali flyover and the unfinished work…

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Enough is enough! Give us timeline for Gokhale bridge: Andheri residents to BMC
January 24, 2024
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Tired of the constantly changing deadlines, residents of Andheri have written a letter to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner on Tuesday, urging the fixing of a day-to-day timeline and sharing it with the public. In the letter, residents claim that the BMC has taken six months to assemble and place a bridge that could otherwise be completed within two months, displaying a lax attitude towards its completion. Despite the BMC`s assurance that the second phase, allowing buses to…

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Mumbai: BMC promises one arm of Gokhale bridge on February 25
January 19, 2024
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After setting and missing deadlines several times, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has promised to ensure one arm of Andheri’s Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge is opened on February 25. Civic and railway officials held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the issue. Residents and activists, meanwhile, are sceptical about the latest deadline as they believed the bridge hasn’t been put on girders yet. The first girder of the crucial east-west connector was launched on the intervening night of December…

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Gokhale bridge construction: Some Mumbai trains to be affected this week
January 3, 2024
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The Western Railway on Wednesday said that some trains from Mumbai will be affected this week on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday i.e. 03rd and 04th January, 2024 due to the ongoing Gokhale bridge construction. In an official statement, the Western Railway said that in connection with the work of construction of Gokhale Rail Over Bridge (ROB), a major traffic and power block will be taken from 01.40 hrs to 04.40 hrs on up and down harbour…

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