As a journalist, I’ve tracked Mumbai’s civic infrastructure projects for over a decade now. Time and again, major bridges and flyovers have been inaugurated only to be followed by controversy: Hancock bridge in 2022, Gokhale bridge in 2024, Ghatkopar Mankhurd Link Road in 2021, Vikrohli ROB in 2025.
For instance, Gokhale Bridge in Andheri, where a misalignment with its connector delayed full functionality. Now, it’s the newly opened Mrinaltai Gore flyover extension. Often I have my readers asking me: where is the problem?
Is it inadequate supervision? Poor oversight? Weak quality control? Or the rush to meet inauguration deadlines?
Mumbai summer has never been this unbearable
It's 8 pm and we are sweating like hell
Fan on full speed gives severe headache
It's pathetic
Btw keep cutting more trees
infrastrachar divlopment shood contuni
This will cause less outrage and receive less media coverage than if a few eggs were accidentally served in certain states’ mid-day meals.
All hell would have broken loose in that case.
Why does the Bombay high court order about gathering ONLy at Azad Maidan not apply here? Only activists are threatened and pushed to the found so their protests are invisible to the public. @MumbaiPolice@CPMumbaiPolice@DGPMaharashtra
“Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.
It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.”
- Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Dear World,
Indian media will not show you this. Tens of Thousands of People are protesting now (Sunday, 19th April, 10 PM) in Manipur to fight for Justice. Modi can't silence us. No Justice, No Rest. 🙏😢💔
#HappeningNow#ManipurViolence
Day 1 of travelling in India's richest city mumbai for my internship 🥰🥰
It is really hard to run a massive civic awareness campaign and install dustbins.
Location -oshiwara
@mybmc
A man died when a Metro slab collapsed in Mulund. MMRDA promised ZERO tolerance. Heads would roll.
Months later, the consultant it blamed & threatened to fire is still on the project.
The explanation? It was all a "misunderstanding."
@sabahvir's break in today's edition:
https://t.co/f98FiYL5zh via @IndianExpress
My Indian eyes are fixating on the cleanliness. No uncollected trash. #Ethiopia is a LDC( least developed country). India is the fourth largest economy. But Addis seems to have got pavements and sanitation right. Unlike us.