Let army build Kopri bridge, Sena urges CM; BJP insists we said it first

  • | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

It is surprising to note that the public works minister has woken up to the issue so late It is surprising to note that the public works minister has woken up to the issue so late,” said BJP corporator Manohar Dumbre from Ghodbunder Road.We have been following up with the CM to fast track the project and also consider the army that can secure the approvals faster and execute the project in a more speedy manner. THANE: Guardian minister Eknath Shindes’ request to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to assign the work of widening of the Kopri rail-over-bridge to the Indian Armys’ engineering unit, Bombay Sappers, has triggered a political one-upmanship storm in the lake city.Shinde is understood to have taken up the issue with Fadnavis after the weekly cabinet meeting in Mantralaya on Tuesday and said the unit had delivered as promised when it built the Elphinstone bridge in record time early this year.The present four-lane Kopri ROB has proved to be a major obstacle for the swift movement of vehicular traffic coming from either side of the eight-lane Eastern Express highway.Citizens have been suffering longs hours of wait in traffic to clear the Kopri flyover which is one of the reasons for the congestion. TheThe work to widen the Kopri bridge has been entrusted to the MMRDA which is funding the over Rs 250 crore worth project and is likely to be completed in the next 30 months.The issue, however, has upset the NCP and the BJP who claim that they were the first to have come up with this demand and that the minister had hijacked the issue.BJP corporator from Ghodbunder Manohar Dumbre claimed to have met the CM last month where he put forth his demand of calling the Indian Army to take up the project realizing the angst among residents over the traffic snarls caused due to the narrow bridge.“We have been following up with the CM to fast track this particular project and also consider the army that can secure the approvals faster and execute the project in a more speedy manner.

THANE: Guardian minister Eknath Shindes’ request to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to assign the work of widening of the Kopri rail-over-bridge to the Indian Armys’ engineering unit, Bombay Sappers, has triggered a political one-upmanship storm in the lake city.Shinde is understood to have taken up the issue with Fadnavis after the weekly cabinet meeting in Mantralaya on Tuesday and said the unit had delivered as promised when it built the Elphinstone bridge in record time early this year.The present four-lane Kopri ROB has proved to be a major obstacle for the swift movement of vehicular traffic coming from either side of the eight-lane Eastern Express highway.Citizens have been suffering longs hours of wait in traffic to clear the Kopri flyover which is one of the reasons for the congestion. TheThe work to widen the Kopri bridge has been entrusted to the MMRDA which is funding the over Rs 250 crore worth project and is likely to be completed in the next 30 months.The issue, however, has upset the NCP and the BJP who claim that they were the first to have come up with this demand and that the minister had hijacked the issue.BJP corporator from Ghodbunder Manohar Dumbre claimed to have met the CM last month where he put forth his demand of calling the Indian Army to take up the project realizing the angst among residents over the traffic snarls caused due to the narrow bridge.“We have been following up with the CM to fast track this particular project and also consider the army that can secure the approvals faster and execute the project in a more speedy manner. It is surprising to note that the public works minister has woken up to the issue so late,” said BJP corporator Manohar Dumbre from Ghodbunder Road.We have been following up with the CM to fast track the project and also consider the army that can secure the approvals faster and execute the project in a more speedy manner. It is surprising to note that the public works minister has woken up to the issue so late

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