The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) opened one more lane of the arterial Delisle Road bridge on Sunday morning, two days before Ganesh Chaturthi. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and local residents have been protesting to get the bridge opened in time for the festival. The civic body has allowed two-way traffic from one side of the bridge which has two lanes. The bridge, however, has no footpath for pedestrians yet. 

After the first arm of the Delisle Road bridge was opened in June 2023, the BMC announced that another arm, which was landing on NM Joshi Marg, would open by the end. However, due to a shortage of gravel, the work was stuck. Then the BMC announced that both sides of the second arm would open for traffic, but due to heavy rain and a shortage of gravel, it was decided to complete one side of the second arm before Ganesh Chaturthi which falls on Tuesday.