Ghatkopar-Mankhurd flyover: Mumbaiites, oppn slam BMC over work

Mumbaiites, citizens’ groups, and opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over the construction quality of the Ghatkopar Mankhurd Link Road, which was inaugurated on August 1. The reactions were a day after a pillion rider, Yusuf Khan, 34, from Govandi, died in an accident on the flyover that connects the Sion-Panvel Highway with the Eastern Express Highway.

While social media was abuzz with criticism from citizens over the flyover’s construction quality, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) slammed BMC for the contractor’s shoddy work.

Sharing the accident video – wherein a two-wheeler was seen skidding in the rain on the flyover – the Twitter handle of Govandi citizens’ group wrote, “Sad state of affairs.