The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has directed an agency to find a solution to the traffic congestion at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which is the business district that houses top corporates, five-star hotels, hospitals and a diamond bourse.
After his visit at BKC to review the traffic situation over the weekend, MMRDA commissioner Dr Sanjay Mukherjee has finally decided to address the traffic woes in the vicinity.
He inspected seven traffic junctions and locations in BKC that are perennially plagued by traffic jams thanks to ongoing works on the metro rail and high-speed rail station. The inspection will be followed by the appointment of a traffic consultant to chalk out ways to ease the vehicular congestion.
The body has appointed an expert traffic consultant to study the traffic movement and propose solutions. Mukherjee visited several traffic junctions in BKC to gather first-hand knowledge about traffic flow during peak hours and assess the effectiveness of traffic lanes on road carriageways, footpaths and cycle tracks. The findings from the expert’s study will be used to suggest various measures to address traffic congestion.
According to MMRDA officials, some of the traffic-choked locations include the BKC connector landing, Bharat Diamond Bourse, the Mumbai Cricket Association, the Convention Centre, MTNL, the Indian Oil Petrol Pump, and the Godrej BKC tower.
As per figures shared by MMRDA, the daily footfall of office goers ranges between 2 and 2.5 lakh, while the business district gets nearly 2 lakh visitors every day.
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