When the launching of five massive I-beams of the new Morbe dam road overbridge was completed at 3 am on Friday, Honorary Retd. Captain Sharad Bhaurao Kadam and his family, who have been inconvenienced ever since the structure’s predecessor was razed two years ago, were overjoyed that the project was being expedited.

Captain Kadam and his daughter Madhuri were the sole users of the old bridge, which was narrow. Since this structure was demolished two years ago, the young woman has been travelling an additional five to six kilometres daily to catch a bus in order to purchase household supplies. The family’s thriving plant nursery, ‘Meraki,’ was also affected after the old bridge was razed.