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Skywalk at Airoli is a victory for traffic department

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: The work of constructing a sky walk in Airoli has begun. The construction work is being carried out by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) just in front of Airoli railway station along Thane-Belapur Road.

This particular road has proved to be a dangerous spot owing to a big number of pedestrians having to cross the road. There is a large number of accidents that take place here and traffic jams happen constantly. The traffic policemen posted here finds it difficult to manage the road and hence they came up with the idea of having a skywalk here and this idea they passed on to MIDC which after considering the magnitude of the problem sanctioned around Rs 2.5 crores for constructing the skywalk here.

The job of constructing the skywalk has been assigned to a private company which specializes in building skywalks. The work might get completed by the end of the year after which the skywalk will be opened for the pedestrians and thus provide them and the traffic police the necessary relief.  

The skywalk will be constructed to suit the space available and at the same time to make it convenient for the commuters too. It is not yet decided whether to have an elevator for the benefit of senior citizens and handicapped persons. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and MIDC are coordinating with each other to come up with a good job as far as this skywalk is concerned.

Thane-Belapur Road is one of the busiest streets of Navi Mumbai and thousands of people need to use this road on daily basis and hence the skywalk is bound to prove to be a boon for all of them.

Airoli has a large number of IT industries owing to which there is a huge number of commuters travelling along Trans-Harbour line to reach Airoli station. Hence earlier the work of skywalk gets completed better will it be for those people who reside or have their work place in Airoli.

The decision to have a skywalk at Airoli has proved to be a victory for traffic department which had been trying to convince since a very long time both NMMC and MIDC about the need of a skywalk at this particular spot.