Civic panel slams BMC over ‘incomplete’ GMLR flyover

MUMBAI: Members of the civ-ic standing committee and corporators across party lines on Thursday slammed the BMC for the death of a pillion rider on the newly inaugurated ‘inc-omplete’ Ghatkopar-Mankhu-rd Link Road flyover (GMLR).

If BMC could spend almost Rs 600 crore on the construction of the flyover, it should have also placed CCTV cameras to monitor the speed of vehicles, said corporators. Questions were also raised on why works like placing rumbler strips, speed breakers and CCTV cameras were not taken up prior to the August 1 inauguration. Shiv Sena and Congress demanded that henceforth, CCTV cameras should be placed on all new flyovers and the clause should be included in the tender itself.