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Who is going to address the auto-rickshaw woes outside Bandra East station?
Updated On: 28 August, 2024 09:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
As Mumbai’s monsoon season greets the city with downpours, travel isn’t easy for Mumbai’s office-goers who depend on public transport like auto-rickshaws, especially in Bandra East, which has developed into a prime business district in the city over time
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Every day, passengers have to deal with a disorganised public transport system outside Bandra East railway station and it gets worse during the monsoon. Photos Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto
It doesn’t take a rainy day to understand the autorickshaw and traveling woes in Bandra East, a stark contrast to its western sister, known as the ‘Queen of Suburbs.’ While the ‘queen’ has the liberty of calling the shots, the former is like a pawn that is not treated well. This disparity is most evident during the monsoon season, which highlights these woes like no other time.
For every Mumbaikar travelling to their workplaces at the many government or private offices, or further towards Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which has developed into Mumbai’s prime business district in the last decade, it is nothing short of a hassle to get an auto-rickshaw. The fact that it has a shared fare is an argument for another day, for starters, even getting transport on a regular day seems like an uphill task like today. The fact that it is extremely filthy speaks of how much attention is given to civic issues in the city.
As if the auto-rickshaw drivers yelling ‘MHADA, Guru Nanak, Government Colony, Family Court’ in your ears while you come down from the stairway wasn’t enough on the good days, the bad days bring out the worst. While the yelling is absent on such days because they are stuck in traffic, commuters travelling from all over including the infamous Virar local train on the western line or from Kalwa, Mumbra and beyond on the Central line, have to deal with chaos. They not only have to dodge potholes and flooding but also run along the stretch to be able to get one auto-rickshaw travelling towards their offices. Unfortunately, it does look better for those who travel by the BEST, which runs on the opposite side of the road, but not without people having to cross over while putting their lives at risk from oncoming traffic.
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