Parvat Patia residents protest demolition of bridge | Surat News

Surat: A group of residents in Parvat Patia area of the city gathered at Madhav Baug rivulet bridge on Saturday afternoon when a team of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) reached there to inform that the bridge will be demolished. Locals started protesting against the demolition of the old bridge before a new one is constructed. Some residents in the area were in favour of demolition of the old bridge.
A team of SMC officials and elected representatives visited the location recently when locals complained about water logging in the area. A survey found that due to the Madhav Baug bridge, water from the rivulet gets blocked leading to waterlogging in the area. “The level of the bridge is low and it is a private bridge constructed by the developer in the area. It is blocking the rivulet water leading to waterlogging in the area,” said an officer in Limbayat zone, SMC.
He further said that when SMC team went to inform locals about the demolition of the bridge, they started to protest as it is used by over 6,000 people. “Some are in our favour,” said the officer.
Meanwhile, protesting locals claimed that SMC should have started construction of the new bridge first. “If the existing bridge is demolished, what will people do this monsoon? We will have to take a longer route to cross the rivulet. Monsoon will start soon, but the new construction will not take place then,” a local resident alleged.