Citizens and experts have flayed the authorities after mid-day revealed that scores of streetlights on the bridges on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway are being switched off at night to save on the electricity bill. The busy carriageway has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, from potholes to poor design, after former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a road accident on it on September 4. They demanded strict action against the contractors and officials.

During the test drive at night between Mumbai and Charoti, mid-day had found that there was an utter lack of signage at dangerous spots and no streetlights on 18 of the 21 bridges. An investigation by this newspaper showed that the road operators had switched off the lights to save money.