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MMRDA official slams traffic police for lax patrolling over rising suicides on Atal Setu | Mumbai News

Amid increasing incidents of suicides on the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), with two cases in the past week, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has criticised traffic police for failing to conduct regular patrolling on MTHL, the country’s longest sea bridge connecting Mumbai to Navi Mumbai. According to police officials, five incident of suicides have been reported from the MTHL so far while another bid by a Mulund-based woman was averted by the timely intervention by a taxi driver and the traffic police. A senior MMRDA official told The Indian Express that while the MMRDA is responsible for building and maintaining the corridor, it is the duty of the traffic police to curb incidents such as suicides or other violations. The official also said that the Navi Mumbai Traffic Police had written to the MMRDA, suggesting the installation of nets along the bridge to prevent suicide attempts. Questioning the practicality of this solution, the official pointed out that the Bandra-Worli Sea Link does not have such nets. “Installing nets at Atal Setu would …

PM Inaugurates Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, India’s Longest Sea Bridge

The bridge has been constructed at a cost of Rs 17,840 crore Mumbai: Adding a 21.8-km feather to the country’s infrastructure cap, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link between Sewri in Mumbai and Nhava Sheva in Raigad district on Friday. The trans harbour link, also known as the Atal Setu, is India’s longest sea bridge and will reduce the time taken for the journey between the two points from the current hour and a half to around 20 minutes. Constructed at a cost of Rs 17,840 crore, the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) has six lanes, and 16.5 km of the bridge’s length is over the sea. Officials said that, apart from bringing Mumbai and Navi Mumbai closer, the Atal Setu – named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee – will help ease traffic and enhance transportation, and also serve as an engine of economic growth. The MTHL will provide faster connectivity to the Mumbai International Airport and the Navi Mumbai International Airport and also reduce travel time from Mumbai …

PM Modi takes part in ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ in Nashik, mops temple premises. Watch | Latest News India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday participated in the ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ (cleanliness drive) in Maharashtra’s Nashik before inaugurating the 21.8-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) – India’s longest sea bridge. In a video widely posted by BJP leaders on social media, PM Modi can be seen mopping the floors of Kalaram temple situated in the Panchavati area of Nashik along the banks of Godavari. PM Modi participates in ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ drive in Nashik Addressing the Rashtriya Yuva Mahotsav at Nashik’s Tapovan Ground, PM Modi, in the video, can be seen appealing to the citizens of the country to carry out cleanliness activities at temples across the country ahead of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here “I urge everyone that on the occasion of ‘pran pratishtha’ in the Ram Temple, a cleanliness campaign should be carried out in all temples and shrines of the country…Today I have the privilege of visiting Kalaram Temple and cleaning …