Team MiD DAY visited Mumbai's crucial entry points, to survey the condition of roads, only to discover that the pockmarked roads are crying out for help
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With the monsoons in full swing, Mumbai is putting its ugliest face forward to motorists who use some of the crucial entry points of the city to enter it these include Vashi on the Sion-Panvel Highway, Mulund on the Eastern Express Highway (EEH), Airoli Bridge on the Airoli-Mulund Road, and Dahisar on the Western Express Highway (WEH).

Dahisar: Potholes are the first sights that motorists get to see as they pass the Dahisar checknaka

The Public Works Department (PWD), which is responsible for maintenance of these stretches, claims to have spent over Rs 3 crore on its pre-monsoon repair work.
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But the pothole-riddled condition of the roads makes it difficult to believe that such a steep amount has been spent.

Who's in charge?
The PWD is in charge of maintaining and repairing the highways, while the flyovers are looked after by the Mumbai Entry Point Toll Road Pvt Ltd (MEPL), a toll management company.

In November 2010, MEPL paid Rs 2,100 crore to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDC), as upfront payment for a contract for toll collection at the five entry points into Mumbai, for a period of 16 years, effective from November 19, 2010.
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The agreement between the two bodies also made MEPL responsible for maintenance and repair of flyovers near the toll nakas.u00a0

MiD DAY made a trip to three of these entry points- at the WEH, the EEH, and the Sion-Panvel Highway- to evaluate the standard of maintenance work undertaken by the MEPL and the PWD, in charge of the flyovers and roads respectively, and found the conditions quite alarming.

Western Express Highway (WEH)

Team MiD DAY's first stop was the entry point on the WEH, located between Bandra and Dahisar. The most pothole-ridden stretch was found immediately ahead of the Dahisar Toll Plaza, with gaping craters measuring a foot each in cross section.

Other, larger ones, some with a diameter of 2 feet, appeared to have been fixed temporarily, with the use of pavers blocks, making the stretch dangerous for motorists.

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