Mumbai's Sion Flyover Is Full of Potholes- Where Is BMC? Lokmat Times

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00:00This is totally a death trap for civilians.

00:09How many accidents are in this road? How many people know? How many people do not have to take it?

00:22Good morning, viewers. This is Tejas Joshi reporting from Mumbai.

00:25Today I have come to show you something. Something that should be questioned by all citizens.

00:31I will first show you some visuals and then I will tell you what it is.

00:34Please take a look at these visuals. Please take a look what is the condition of the road here right now.

00:40See these potholes? These are not potholes actually. These are craters.

00:45Today I am standing in the middle of Cyan Flyover.

00:49This is a key connector from Eastern Express Highway which connects Cyan to Eastern Express Highway.

00:55Thousands of commuters travel on this bridge everyday. Thousands.

01:00To Dadar and back to Ghatkopara Thane direction. This is a two lane bridge as you can see.

01:06Thousands of bike born commuters with cars, taxis travel on this bridge.

01:12And this is the condition of this bridge right now.

01:15There are massive potholes on this bridge right from the start to end.

01:19And these potholes after daily commute are turning into big craters right now.

01:24And it is becoming a dangerous scenario for commuters.

01:27Many bikers have to balance their bikes over here to avoid falling off.

01:32And as you can see this crater is right at the edge of the bridge.

01:37So if a biker loses his balance due to these craters and potholes.

01:42There is a risk of them falling off on the bridge or perhaps down there.

01:46So this is the condition. Look how the bikers are avoiding these potholes.

01:50And this is the situation.

01:52From last two to three days many commuters have been tweeting on social media tagging BMC.

01:57Look at this. Look at the condition. How will your bike survive these potholes.

02:02So thousands of commuters travel over here.

02:04And many commuters have been tweeting and posting on social media.

02:08That such is the condition of the cyan flyover.

02:11The BMC has been responding to their tweets, to their messages saying we will fix it.

02:16Today it is 19th June.

02:18These craters, these potholes have not been fixed yet.

02:21This is what the condition is from the last few days.

02:25Bikers, commuters, car owners have to manage, have to balance their vehicles to avoid these craters.

02:31And there is an imminent danger of accident right here.

02:36Any untoward incident can happen anytime at this location.

02:39And the Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in the April month had promised

02:45that Mumbai will become pothole free by 31st May.

02:49Before monsoon.

02:50He had said that we will make Mumbai pothole free before 31st May.

02:54Today is 19th June.

02:56And this is the situation on the flyover.

02:58Look at these, look at these craters.

03:00Look at these potholes.

03:01And this is the situation.

03:02Right from the start to end, the bridges, potholes have become a menace right now.

03:06Bikers, we will try to speak to some commuters right here.

03:10And we will ask them.

03:12What condition is it?

03:14This is a death trap for us.

03:16This is totally a death trap for civilians.

03:19The worst bridge ever you will see in Indian history.

03:22You will see.

03:23Come to this bridge.

03:24You will find out that this bridge is not ours.

03:27It is set up for us.

03:28So that people will die.

03:29Because our tax money is paid.

03:32The people will make bridges and coastal roads.

03:35The people will make them for the ameers.

03:37The people who use local civilians.

03:38The people who use bikes, cars and taxis.

03:41There is nothing for them.

03:43Especially in the BJB government.

03:45What do you appeal to BMC and authorities?

03:48We will say that everything is visible.

03:50It is not visible in your eyes.

03:52It is not visible in your eyes.

03:53It is visible in your eyes.

03:54It is visible in the local roads.

03:56It is a basic bridge.

03:57It is a basic bridge.

03:58It is true for many years.

04:00It is not.

04:01I am late for the exam.

04:02But I think it is necessary to talk about these things.

04:06So this was a daily commuter.

04:08He is getting delayed for his exam.

04:11Due to the traffic on this bridge.

04:13And due to these potholes.

04:14We will try to see if some commuters again speak to us.

04:17But you can see the situation.

04:19The biker over here has to take so much effort.

04:22And there is imminent risk of any untoward incident happening over here.

04:26What do you think about the conditions of the road?

04:29It is very bad.

04:30It is very bad.

04:31We take tax on the road.

04:32But it is very bad.

04:33It is very bad.

04:34It is very bad.

04:35It is very bad.

04:36It is very bad.

04:37Two billers, four billers.

04:38It is very bad.

04:39We take the tax on the road.

04:40It is very bad.

04:41What do you think?

04:42You are going to travel daily?

04:43Yes.

04:44I do.

04:45I do.

04:46The government has to drive very much.

04:47It is very good.

04:48It is very good.

04:49The tax on the other side.

04:50The other side.

04:51It is good.

04:52It is good.

04:53The road is good.

04:54The road is good.

04:55It is good.

04:56It is good.

04:57The road is good.

04:58It is good.

04:59The people with no need to get into it.

05:00I do not want to take anything.

05:01It is good.

05:02foreign

05:12foreign

05:16foreign

05:22foreign

05:30So this is how it is. You can take a look at this crater and guess for yourself, how would you ride through it?

05:41In the evening, in the peak hour traffic, bikers usually ride from this lane.

05:46You can see the bikers coming from this lane.

05:48How come the bikers are going to avoid this crater and save their lives?

05:52Because it is becoming very dangerous now.

05:54All commuters have been complaining about it.

05:57So that's all we have to say.

05:59we will appeal to the BMC and to all the authorities that fix this problem as soon as possible

06:04because it is very dangerous and it can lead to any untoward incident.

06:08So that's our appeal.

06:09This was Tejas Joshi with cameraman Roshan Gharage for Lokmat Times.

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