Eight years after Amitav Ghosh warned about Mumbai billboards, the Jnanpith-winning writer on Tuesday called out the coastal road project in Mumbai as a “disaster in the making”. Ghosh’s anguish over the coastal road project was prompted by news reports of leakage in the tunnels while the monsoon is still almost two weeks away. “Mumbai’s coastal highway is a disaster in the making. But some construction companies made a lot of money so how does it matter?”The partially opened multi-phase Mumbai Coastal Road that connects Worli to Princess Street flyover was inaugurated on March 11. On April 10, the Haji Ali Coastal road pedestrian underpass was inundated during high tide, for which the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation is working out a solution.

Source: The Telegraph May 29, 2024 05:34 UTC