Caution: Red (B)light Ahead

Mumbai | Monday | 17th December, 2018

Summary:

Upon this signal converge vehicles from Prabhadevi and Dadar West, to go eastward to Elphinstone Road and eastward to Parel. When it does, one barely moves a few inches before it turns red again. This is the dreaded five-way Elphinstone junction on Senapati Bapat Road, located where the Indiabulls Centre is. It is cliché to complain about snarls in the city but one particular signal has breathed fresh life into public rancour over traffic. Some commuters utilise the time by catching a siesta, while their taxi meters keep running..