AFTER SEVERAL delays work on the Vadpe-Thane stretch of the Mumbai-Nashik Highway also known as Bhiwandi bypass has started finally. Earlier, the concessionaire was appointed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) but the company did not carry out work. The work was then awarded to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).
The 21-km stretch Bhiwandi bypass was the first Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project in the state and was sanctioned when Nitin Gadkari was the PWD minister of the state.
It is a four-lane highway bypassing the town of Bhiwandi and connected Mumbai to Kalyan Bhiwandi, Nashik, Northern Maharashtra, Northern India. Since it is an asphalted road, the stretch is marked with many potholes during monsoon.
