One cannot play to Lata Mangueshkar's tunes on her
opposition to the proposed Peddar Road flyover even
though we are justifiably proud of her musical
achievements. The battle on such issues has to be won
or lost on techno-economic feasibility and overall
public interest rather than by celebrity names.
Any project does cause some inconvenience and
discomfort in the construction phase as any woman who
is a mother will testify. But like labour pains of
residents in the neighbourhood of other flyovers
which have been built despite public opposition, this
flyover will help ease congestion.
Mumbai's surging population is over straining the
city's infrastructure, and in particular, the roads.
Flyovers are a step towards easing the city's traffic
logged roads. Together we have to work to ensure the
transformation of Mumbai into Shanghai.
Lata Mangueshkar's reported threat to move out of
Mumbai if the flyover comes up should be taken in
lighter vain. She would be welcome to a much more
peaceful Goa where she rightly belongs.
Aires Rodrigues
Mumbai
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