Within days of its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, images and videos of people littering and flouting rules on the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) flooded social media platforms. The newly inaugurated bridge saw thousands of vehicles, with picnicking commuters taking selfies and turning it into a tourist spot, angering netizens who demanded action from the traffic police.
The MTHL, officially called the Atal Setu Nhava Sheva Sea Link, or Atul Setu for short, is India’s longest sea-bridge that became open to motorists on Saturday, January 13. According to numbers released by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA),