Even after the Lalbaug flyover was opened to vehicular movement under the supervision of traffic police on Monday morning, heavy vehicles were not allowed to ply. Pic/Pradeepâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Dhivar

Even as talk of demolishing long-lasting British era bridges in the city seems to take flight ever so often, it’s the newly constructed bridges of the BMC era that keep falling into disrepair. The latest is the vital Lalbaug flyover, which has developed gaps for the second time in the last three months. On the morning of January 30, at around 6 am, the city traffic police shut down the flyover for vehicular traffic for over three hours, as it repaired the gap between joints connecting two girders.