Mumbai News Live Updates: Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Maharashtra; Gokhale bridge closure causes traffic woes on SV Road, WEH – The Indian Express

Gokhale bridge, which is an important link between Andheri East and West, was closed for traffic from Monday morning for at least two years while the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) begins demolition and reconstruction of the bridge. Mumbai police have issued instructions on alternate routes to be taken by the public but suspect that it will take a few days for everyone to get to know them. However, on the first day of the bridge’s closure, traffic woes were caused, especially along SV Road and Western Express Highway.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the meantime, flagged off its Jagar Mumbaicha Yatra’ (Awakening Mumbai campaign) on Sunday evening, with the first rally in Bandra East from the PWD ground at Government Colony. “The campaign has been initiated to create awareness about Shiv Sena’s (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), politics of appeasement of Muslims, corruption in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over the past 25 years, and of Maharashtrians and Mumbaikars being cheated at the hands of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi in the past 2.5 years,” Ashish Shelar, BJP Mumbai president said, who kickstarted the campaign. The rally was held in the vicinity of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence Matoshree in Kalanagar. Read more here.