Mumbai metro construction affecting vehicular traffic, says Sanjay Nirupam in letter to Maharashtra CM

Not against Mumbai metro but commuter hardships must be dealt with: Nirupam

Mayuresh Ganapatye  | Edited By Manas Joshi
Mumbai, December 28, 2017 | UPDATED 16:12 IST
Sanjay Nirupam, has said that the construction work has affected vehicular trafficMumbai metro construction (Representational image- Twitter @JainKaranLalit

Highlights

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    Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam has written a letter to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadanavis
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    He has requested the CM to find solution on traffic congestion caused due to Mumbai metro construction work.
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    'Not against Mumabai metro, but commuter problems need to be dealt with as well,'said Nirupam in his letter

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam has written a letter to Maharashtra CM requesting him to find solution to hardship caused to commuters due to Mumbai metro construction work. In his letter he mentioned the metro rail work taking place in the western suburbs.

A metro line is getting constructed from DN Nagar to Dahisar but due to the construction activity the vehicular traffic has been affected. Due to this, a 30-40 minutes of journey is taking agonising two hours.

Nirupam has clarified in the letter that he is not against metro rail but the problem faced by the commuters has to be dealt with.  Nirupam has said that the construction activity has caused congestion in these areas and commuting cost have going up.

These areas include Infinity Mall, Inorbit Mall, Meeth Chowki, Goregaon, Charkop and Borivali West. Double parking has added to the woes of commuters And The traffic police is not taking any action to solve this problem.

"Due to current construction work  it has become impossible for residents to manage even a good sleep at night. We all must find solution to it thus I have written in a letter to CM." said Nirupam.

He has also requested CM to call a meeting with leaders of all political parties, officers from Mumbai Municipal corporation, traffic police and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to ensure a comprehensive solution to end these problems.

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