Shiv Sena (UBT), MNS Bask in Bridge Politics

In a show of solidarity, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) held an agitation on Wednesday morning at Carnac Bunder to ensure speedy opening of the Carnac bridge, which connects Crawford Market to P D'Mello Road.

- Yogesh Naik

MUMBAI: The bridge has been ready since a week, but the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has purportedly been waiting for a VVIP to inaugurate it.

The two parties uniting for a common cause comes ahead of their victory march planned on Saturday, after the state revoked government resolutions (GRs) on the three-language policy in schools and introducing Hindi as a third language in primary schools, four days ago.

Less than 15 kilometers from the bunder, on a spur of the moment, Sena (UBT) Bandra East MLA, Varun Sardesai, compelled officers of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to throw open the connector between Sion Dharavi Road and Bandra West, which is in fact yet to be completed. The connector was however opened only briefly as MMRDA officers closed it by evening. People in the know of things from MMRDA said, "Electric connection to street lights and some civil work are pending. The connector will be opened after we complete it."

Once opened, it will ease traffic congestion at Kala Nagar junction.