While the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is yet to open the much-awaited Eastern Freeway to the public even though it is ready for use, residents and motorists from the Anik area have begun driving on the Anik-Panjarpol Link Road (APLR) stretch of the freeway, claiming that it is rightfully theirs since it has been constructed with the exchequer’s money.

Motorists were seen riding on the Anik-Panjarpol Link Road, part of the Eastern Freeway, even though the MMRDA’s VIP fetish has kept it from throwing it open to the public.u00a0Pic/Abhinav Kocharekar