The Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) on Thursday ready to reopen the brand new Karneck Bridge. The BMC has modified the title of the bridge to Sindoor Bridge in honor of the navy operation Operation Sindoor launched in opposition to terrorist websites in Pakistan. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate the bridge at 10 am on Thursday and Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar and Rahul Narvekar will even attend the inauguration ceremony.
A senior BMC official instructed the Indian Categorical on Tuesday that Maharashtra Legislative Meeting Speaker Rahul Narvekar had proposed to vary the title of the bridge. The most important connectivity highway connecting the mosque in South Mumbai to the PD Mel Highway, the 154-year-old bridge was demolished in a four-day marketing campaign in 2022 because it was thought of unsuitable to be used in a structural audit.
After this, BMC, together with the Railways, began reconstruction of the British bridge at a price of greater than Rs 60 crore in a interval of three years. Though the municipal physique had accomplished the work and cargo check of the bridge by June 13, the inauguration was delayed because of the ultimate work like acquiring a No Objection Certificates from the Central Railway and putting in a signboard. Joint protests by Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS additionally began on July 2 on account of late opening.
