<img style="float: left;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/aug/Midday-follow-up.jpg" alt="" />The death traps are back on the Mrinal Gore flyover. Less than a month-and-a-half after five manholes on the 2-km overpass in Goregaon were covered by the public works department (PWD), the lids of four of them have gone missing again.
June 28
<img title="mid-day had reported an open manhole on the Mrinal Gore flyover, which posed a threat to motorists and pedestrians" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/aug/Manholes-1.jpg" alt="mid-day had reported an open manhole on the Mrinal Gore flyover, which posed a threat to motorists and pedestrians" /> mid-day had reported an open manhole on the Mrinal Gore flyover, which posed a threat to motorists and pedestrians
mid-day had on June 29 put the spotlight on the open manholes. By the next day, the PWD covered all of them, blaming miscreants for their theft.
June 29
<img title="The very next day, all manholes on the stretch were covered" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/aug/Manholes-2.jpg" alt="The very next day, all manholes on the stretch were covered" /> The very next day, all manholes on the stretch were covered
The manholes start in a straight line on the south-bound arm, parallel to the flyover&rsquo;s landing on the Western Express Highway, on a tiled footpath. Leaving them open poses dangers to pedestrians and motorists alike.
August 11
<img title="The gaping manholes were back on August 11. Pics/Prabhanjan Dhanu" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/aug/Gaping-manholes.jpg" alt="The gaping manholes were back on August 11. Pics/Prabhanjan Dhanu" />The gaping manholes were back on August 11. Pics/Prabhanjan Dhanu
On August 11, mid-day re-visited the stretch and found that we&rsquo;re back to square one. Four manhole covers have allegedly been stolen.
A PWD official said such thefts have become a recurring issue. &ldquo;We cover manholes, but their covers get stolen soon. We fill cover these manholes again to prevent any chance of accidents.&rdquo; Paresh Ingale, a motorist who regularly commutes via the flyover, said the open manholes pose a bigger threat to pedestrians. &ldquo;The manhole covers get stolen each time they are placed by the authorities. They should fix the lids in such a way that it becomes difficult to remove them,&rdquo; he suggests.
The Mrinal Gore flyover, whose construction took six years, was opened to traffic this April 30.

Death traps are back on the Mrinal Gore flyover. Less than a month-and-a-half after five manholes on the overpass in Goregaon were covered by public works department, the lids of four of them have gone missing again

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