P D'Mello Road

P D'Mello Road
Route information
Maintained by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Length: 6 km (4 mi)
Major junctions
North end: Barrister Nath Pai Marg and
Dockyard Road in Byculla
  Eastern Freeway in Wadi Bandar
Carnac Bridge in Masjid Bandar
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Road in Dana Bandar
South end: Colaba Causeway in Fort
Location
States: Maharashtra
Districts: Mumbai City
Major cities: Mumbai
Highway system

P D'Mello Road is a 6 km long arterial north-south access road in Mumbai.[1][2][3] P D'Mello Road is the name of the 6km stretch between the south-end of the Eastern Freeway and the north-end of the Colaba Causeway.[1] The road comes under Mumbai's B Ward.[4]

As of 2009, daily traffic on the road averaged of 22,600 vehicles.[5]

History

On 23 January 2006, The Times of India reported that the State Government had decided to concretise, widen and remove slums from P D'Mello Road, as part of ongoing road improvements in Mumbai.[6]

The BMC began clearing slums in May 2007.[1] The road was widened and the footpath was made narrower in an effort to keep the shanties from being rebuilt. The total cost for the widening was estimated to be 51 crore (US$8.0 million).[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shalini Nair (2007-05-09). "Hope to see you again, D'Mello". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. "Tanker breakdown clogs P D’Mello Road for 12 hours". The Indian Express. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  3. Mateen Hafeez (2009-05-07). "Less chaos on P D'Mello road". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  4. Pal, Somita (2010-09-04). "These potholes won't be repaired". Mid-day.com. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  5. Chittaranjan Tembhekar (2009-04-05). "2.83 lakh vehicles ply Mumbai's roads daily". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  6. "Raze slums in two yrs: CM". The Times of India. TNN. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  7. Pandurang Mhaske (2011-07-11). "P D'Mello Road to be widened by 1.5mts". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
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