Summary:
more-inVashi’s old bridge, which connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai, has been a point of concern for the police due to the frequent cases of suicide reported at the spot. Police say the old bridge has become a suicide hotspot due to the sparse traffic. The worrying trend has prompted the Vashi police to make the bridge safer, but their efforts have not yielded results. We have a final meeting with the Joint Commissioner, Navi Mumbai, after which we will open tenders,” a PWD officer overseeing the Vashi bridge on Sion-Panvel Highway said. “We now propose installing CCTV cameras on the bridge,” Anil Deshmukh, senior police inspector, Vashi police station, said..