Following the suicide of a youth at Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) on early Saturday morning, the question of safety and security at the sea link has again come to the fore. The deadlock between the Mumbai police and the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) continues, despite a meeting on what should be done to discourage the trend.
Following the suicide of a youth at Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) on early Saturday morning, the question of safety and security at the sea link has again come to the fore. The deadlock between the Mumbai police and the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) continues, despite a meeting on what should be done to discourage the trend.
In a meeting between senior police officers and MSRDC officials on September 2, last year, the police had offered few suggestions, which, they said, if implemented, would curb the issue of sea link suicides to a larger extent.
"We had suggested increasing the height of the railings of the sea link, along with laying nets below BWSL. We had also suggested increasing the number of CCTV cameras on the entire BWSL stretch," said a police officer.
"The number of CCTVs and guards have been increased to some extent, but nothing has been done to increase the height of the railings and to lay nets below BWSL. Restraining and engineering measures is the work of MSRDC and the police cannot do anything on that front. It is practically impossible for us to stop any car and check suicidal symptoms of people," said another police officer.
"Our focus is on surveillance. Three months ago, we completed installing 80 CCTV cameras. Surveillance measures have increased drastically," said S Ramchandani, Joint MD, MSRDC.
MSRDC has its own arguments."Preventive measures cannot be taken by MSRDC. Increasing the height of railing or making some correction or changes will affect the BWSL structure. Laying nets is also not feasible as they can also break because of environmental wear and tear and wind velocity," an MSRDC official said on condition of anonymity.
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