A bridge stranger than any fiction

Zoru Bhathena
Mar 25, 2024 | 13:59 IST
People on Gokhale Bridge look down at Barfiwala flyover

Mumbaikars recently found themselves with two flyovers where they would need to jump 2 metres to get from one to the other. Here is a brief but telling account of how BMC managed this feat

Mumbai is blessed to have a fantastic local rail network. The curse is to find a way to cross these tracks. Andheri, in the suburbs, has the population of a mini city, and just one bridge to cross the railway lines. The now infamous Gokhale Bridge, which has given a fillip to stand-up comedy like no other.

This is thanks to Mumbai’s municipal corporation, BMC. Which works in very strange ways. Here is a brief sketch of how it delivered the Gokhale Bridge fiasco to us.
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