It was a heady moment of people power when citizens threw open the new Vasai east-west flyover after they got tired of waiting for it to be inaugurated. For the first time in years, people were able to cross between east and west Vasai in a matter of minutes, instead of braving hours of bumper-to-bumper traffic. A day later, however, they were in for a rude shock when they saw the flyover had been closed again.

After mid-day’s report on how locals removed barricades and opened the bridge for traffic, authorities put heavier ones back in place yesterday. Pics/Hanif Patel