A 20-minute train ride from Bandra (known as the Queen of the Suburbs) sits Andheri, the Trench of the Suburbs. Andheri doesn't seem bothered that the title is actually a royal disgrace given the fact that it's home to thousands of companies that draw thousands of employees from all over Mumbai to work.
Andheri seems oblivious of that as if that isn't its concern at all. It just sits silently as private and semi-Government organizations send workers to dig its roads and leave them in a state of sheer disgusting mess for days.
Take the MetroOne project for example. Reliance began to build it with great gusto. They first narrowed the roads so that though work was in progress they did let the traffic flow in both directions while they dug right in the middle. Then they realized they don't have enough space to dig! So, they did the next best thing: They promptly made the road one-way from Andheri station to Chakala junction and invited all - this writer included - to vent their ire at them no end. For this one-way dictates that Bus No. 415 - that goes from the station to SEEPZ - go right around the station, amble down the expressway and then come to Chakala junction to take the road to SEEPZ. Earlier, the 415 ran straight from the station to Chakala and took 30 minutes to wind its way through all the traffic before sighing and stopping at SEEPZ.
Now, it takes a royal hour or more! The return journey is even worse. Walking to the station from MIDC - which, in the direction of the station, is three stops from SEEPZ - takes you at least half an hour. The bus takes an hour! Of course all this in the name of better transport facilities once the metro begins to function. Well, let's hope it does begin to function in this era itself and not wait for a slew of litigations that it sits to fight against before sending the first train down the line!
Andheri seems oblivious of that as if that isn't its concern at all. It just sits silently as private and semi-Government organizations send workers to dig its roads and leave them in a state of sheer disgusting mess for days.
Take the MetroOne project for example. Reliance began to build it with great gusto. They first narrowed the roads so that though work was in progress they did let the traffic flow in both directions while they dug right in the middle. Then they realized they don't have enough space to dig! So, they did the next best thing: They promptly made the road one-way from Andheri station to Chakala junction and invited all - this writer included - to vent their ire at them no end. For this one-way dictates that Bus No. 415 - that goes from the station to SEEPZ - go right around the station, amble down the expressway and then come to Chakala junction to take the road to SEEPZ. Earlier, the 415 ran straight from the station to Chakala and took 30 minutes to wind its way through all the traffic before sighing and stopping at SEEPZ.
Now, it takes a royal hour or more! The return journey is even worse. Walking to the station from MIDC - which, in the direction of the station, is three stops from SEEPZ - takes you at least half an hour. The bus takes an hour! Of course all this in the name of better transport facilities once the metro begins to function. Well, let's hope it does begin to function in this era itself and not wait for a slew of litigations that it sits to fight against before sending the first train down the line!
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