While it has been just over a month since the residents of Gorai were satisfied with the new and safer jetty, they have already begun to notice uneven patches due to chipped concrete on the surface of the Borivli RoRo jetty, which is the counterpart to the Gorai jetty.

Locals and tourists alike use the ferry services between Borivli and Gorai, making it a necessary and important mode of transport for the area. The ferry services let people get aboard with their two-wheelers and take them across the water to the other side. “Most locals who work in areas like BKC or Goregaon take their vehicles and go from Gorai, but the moment you get off the ferry and onto the jetty at Borivli, it becomes a task avoiding the uneven portions. The chips aren’t big enough to be called potholes, but neither are they ignorable,” said a local frequent user of the jetty requesting anonymity.