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A Bridge Too Far

2024-03-27

In a viral video on X with the caption ‘Andheri ka Andher’, stand-up comedian and lyricist Varun Grover makes fun of engineers and officials for ‘misjudging’ the height difference between the Gokhale Bridge, which was partially reopened to traffic in February following its collapse in 2018 and Barfiwala Flyover. He quips that officials have realised their ‘error of judgement’ years later and decided to rebuild the bridge. Indeed, the bridge reconstruction, which cost Rs 900 million, has sparked off a debate on who is responsible for causing the gap of about 6 feet between the bridge and the flyover.

A key connector

The citizen welfare forum Mumbai North Central District Forum (MNCDF), was founded by advocate Trivankumar Karnani and since the Gokhale Bridge was in larger public interest, he found it imperative to intervene...