The closure of the northbound stretch of Andheri’s New Link Road from Indian Oil Nagar to Chitrakoot grounds — one of the most traversed routes taken by people going to Lokhandwala and Oshiwara — has led to nightmarish traffic from Kokilaben hospital to RTO junction. The road will be closed till the end of August due to Metro work.

From five to seven minutes, the journey has become a 30-minute ordeal for residents. In the recent heavy rainfall, it has increased to 45 minutes, with peak hours of 6 pm to 9 pm seeing stationary cars fruitlessly honking between Four Bungalows and Lokhandwala.