Anger over Mumbai’s crumbling roads spilled onto the streets on Friday as residents along Ghodbunder Road staged a symbolic protest against potholes and worsening traffic congestion. At the Anand Nagar signal, demonstrators dramatically lay down with their heads inside potholes and feet raised in the air, a striking image meant to highlight the daily risks faced by motorists and pedestrians.
Ghodbunder Road Residents Stage Protest
Maharastra, Thane: Residents of Ghodbunder Road staged a protest over potholes and traffic congestion. At Anand Nagar signal, demonstrators lay down with their heads inside potholes and feet raised in the air to highlight the issue pic.twitter.com/3pBJxDwjts
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The protest comes amid rising concerns over a spate of pothole-related accidents across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
Motorist Escapes Fatal Crash After Hitting Pothole
Earlier this week, a motorcyclist in Navi Mumbai narrowly escaped a fatal crash after hitting a pothole on the rain-lashed JNPT highway. Dashcam footage from a passing car shows the rider losing balance, falling to the ground, and narrowly avoiding being run over by another vehicle. The clip quickly went viral, intensifying demands for urgent road repairs.
Just a day before the Navi Mumbai incident, tragedy struck in Bhiwandi. Vilas Baban Patil (59), a resident of Lape village, was returning home on Monday evening when his motorcycle hit a pothole near the Dhamangaon pipeline stretch, as per a report on ABP Live. He fell on the road and was fatally crushed under the rear wheel of a dumper. Though bystanders rushed him to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, doctors declared him dead on arrival.
The police confirmed that Patil’s death was directly caused by the pothole and registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Motor Vehicles Act.
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