While the Eastern Freeway, constructed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), was finally inaugurated yesterday afternoon at the hands of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, sources from the MMRDA said the freeway would be thrown open for motorists only after 1 pm today as dismantling the pandal erected for the inauguration programme would take time.

Delegates and u00a0other VIPs sit under the pandal, which was set up for the inauguration of the Eastern Freeway. The pandal will be dismantled this morning, causing further delay. Pic/Bipin Kokate