Eleven years after a former police chief brought up the issue of it being a possible terror target, the Mumbai police is planning to plug the gaps between the pillars of the Bandra-Worli sea link with safety nets. The police have cited difficulty in patrolling the 5.6km-long bridge as the reason for the move.

While the bridge has a number of security equipment installed on it, nothing much has been done to secure it from below. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior police officer said, "It is difficult to patrol the entire 5.6 km bridge, and considering that it could be a terror target, it has been decided to block the space between the pillars with nets. Only a couple of openings will be left for fishing boats to pass through."