A new connecting road to the Eastern Express Highway was laid and quietly opened for traffic about a month ago.
This road is parallel to the EEH which connects the 90ft road (which we used to call as Driving school road as about 20 yrs ago this was used by driving school enterprises to train newbies) . The 90ft road starting from the Police Qtrs, Police colony adjoining Vallabh baug lane end where the Maharashtra State police Stadium is built. Leading upto the bridge over the nallah (gutter) joining Garodia Nagar / Nath Pai Nagar to Pestom Sagar.
The New road is built over the waste land swamp which is running parallel to the highway & connects at the end of this bridge. The earlier service road , right at the start of Pushpa Vihar Hotel to the EEH was just a temporary walkway made by the many people who used to stay in Kamraj Nagar. Slowly this road was encroached upon by the vegetable sellers which has now become a big but illegal market for the poor people.
There were attempts made to make this service road a permanent road with many politicians using it as bait for garnering votes, but the local RTO & due to the fact that many people had lost their lives crossing the EEH, and vehicular accidents it was only tarred for walking purpose. The road was used nevertheless by the people and car , rickshaw drivers as a short cut.
The 90ft service road (not to be confused with the other 90ft road which starts from Meghraj Hotel signal to Shivaji Technical school,) has many new buildings on either side, the complex being called Sudha Park, & is now made of concrete. Rickshaw Drivers Unions have been using this road without proper permission for parking more than 200 Rickshaws on either side of the road.
The nuisance created by the rickshaw drivers is less said the better , most of them using the walls of the nearby buildings for urinating, spitting paan residue, washing their clothes and repairing their vehicles. This has created lot of hardships for the residential people mostly ladies who are subjected to eve teasing & constant stares of these drivers & vagabonds. Walking has become a nightmare on this junction as cars come from all directions and also the BEST Bus 404.
Squatters have made the bridge , swamp opposite the Holy Family School, Rerhi Bunder road their homes, they squat all over the place , some segregating garbage , leaving trash not useful to them on the roads. With urine & shit all over the place walking the bridge , road becomes difficult ,coupled with the new problem of the vehicles, which virtually makes this area a death trap.
Hope the Local Corporator / MLA / MP along with BMC , Local police & RTO make some arrangements to ease the problems faced by the little children & people who walk on this road soon.
This road is parallel to the EEH which connects the 90ft road (which we used to call as Driving school road as about 20 yrs ago this was used by driving school enterprises to train newbies) . The 90ft road starting from the Police Qtrs, Police colony adjoining Vallabh baug lane end where the Maharashtra State police Stadium is built. Leading upto the bridge over the nallah (gutter) joining Garodia Nagar / Nath Pai Nagar to Pestom Sagar.
The New road is built over the waste land swamp which is running parallel to the highway & connects at the end of this bridge. The earlier service road , right at the start of Pushpa Vihar Hotel to the EEH was just a temporary walkway made by the many people who used to stay in Kamraj Nagar. Slowly this road was encroached upon by the vegetable sellers which has now become a big but illegal market for the poor people.
The 90ft service road (not to be confused with the other 90ft road which starts from Meghraj Hotel signal to Shivaji Technical school,) has many new buildings on either side, the complex being called Sudha Park, & is now made of concrete. Rickshaw Drivers Unions have been using this road without proper permission for parking more than 200 Rickshaws on either side of the road.
The nuisance created by the rickshaw drivers is less said the better , most of them using the walls of the nearby buildings for urinating, spitting paan residue, washing their clothes and repairing their vehicles. This has created lot of hardships for the residential people mostly ladies who are subjected to eve teasing & constant stares of these drivers & vagabonds. Walking has become a nightmare on this junction as cars come from all directions and also the BEST Bus 404.
Squatters have made the bridge , swamp opposite the Holy Family School, Rerhi Bunder road their homes, they squat all over the place , some segregating garbage , leaving trash not useful to them on the roads. With urine & shit all over the place walking the bridge , road becomes difficult ,coupled with the new problem of the vehicles, which virtually makes this area a death trap.
Hope the Local Corporator / MLA / MP along with BMC , Local police & RTO make some arrangements to ease the problems faced by the little children & people who walk on this road soon.
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