Demolition of Evershine Nagar bridge ramp irks Malvani residents

The BMC's demolition of a ramp to the Evershine Nagar bridge over the Marve creek has got thousands of bikers and pedestrians of Malvani—for whom the bridge was a shortcut—up in arms.

- Sabah Virani

MUMBAI: The residents of Evershine Nagar had demanded that two-wheelers be stopped from using the pedestrian bridge; however, the BMC's complying with their request has led to a counter-action from the other side, with a PIL in the Bombay high court and an indefinite hunger strike.

The BMC broke the ramp in the intervening night of January 31-February 1. The 12-feet-wide bridge meant for pedestrians had been used for over a decade by two-wheelers to get to Malvani, as the alternative Malad Marve road is perennially jammed. But with the opening of the second arm of the Mith Chowky flyover on January 11, the Regional Transport Office, Goregaon and residents at Evershine Nagar wanted bike movement over the bridge to be blocked.