The newly inaugurated Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai opened to the public on Wednesday morning but Day One witnessed three-km-long traffic jams at both ends of the bridge.
Billed as an engineering marvel at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore, India’s first sea bridge promised to cut travel time by 80 per cent, bypassing 23 traffic signals that commuters have to otherwise endure in Mumbai.
With excitement running high in the city, Mumbaikars were seen driving to the bridge since midnight but had to go back disappointed as the link opened seven hours later.
There will be no toll on the bridge until July 5 but after that commuters will have to pay Rs 50 for each trip.
High drama was also witnessed under the sea link as a police boat with nine men on board got stuck between the bridge pillars.
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