Feels like we are standing on the moon: Aaditya Thackeray on poor quality roads in Mumbai

Aaditya Thackeray also voiced concern over the state of the city`s rivers, citing that the Poisar and Mithi rivers are examples of environmental neglect. File pic

Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Aaditya Thackeray on Monday criticised the poor condition of roads in his Worli Assembly Constituency and accused the agency responsible for ongoing construction work of delivering substandard results, reported news agency ANI.

Speaking to the media, the Mumbai legislator pointed out that with the monsoon season approaching, road repairs were being carried out too late and are being done poorly.

"I had predicted that people would suffer due to the agency. It is now coming true. While the monsoon is approaching, concrete work is going on. It feels like we are standing on the moon. This road was built 15 days ago. It is of poor quality. The agency has only started work to extract money," Aaditya Thackeray said, highlighting the poor condition of the roads.

He expressed frustration over the lack of accountability for the contractors in Mumbai and questioned when would the authorities act against them for their shoddy work, ANI reported.

"When will action be taken against the agency... when will action be taken against the contractors? The drain has not been cleaned, but the treasury has been cleaned," he added.

The Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) also voiced concern over the state of the city's rivers, citing that the Poisar and Mithi rivers are examples of environmental neglect.

EC is administered from BJP office: Aaditya Thackeray

"A photo of the Poisar River has come to light. The Mithi River is also unclean. The Municipal Corporation should hold a meeting in this regard before the monsoon," he urged.

Meanwhile, on a separate issue, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader also supported Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent statement in Boston regarding the Election Commission of India (ECI), ANI reported.

Backing his ally, Thackeray said, "His statement is 100 per cent correct because the whole world knows that the Election Commission is administered from the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) office."

Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress have formed the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in the state and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc nationally.

While addressing the Indian diaspora in Boston, Gandhi had, citing the example of the November 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, said that 65 lakh voters were added to the voter list in the last two hours of the polls, which was impossible.

"More people voted in Maharashtra than the total number of people in Maharashtra, and this is a fact... the Election Commission gave us a figure in the evening around 5:30 p.m., and in two hours around 7:30 p.m., 65 lakh voters had voted, which is physically impossible," he claimed.

However, sources in ECI have previously stated that allegations made by political parties over manipulated electoral rolls were unfounded. According to them, there were hardly any first or second appeals made under Section 24 of the Representation of People Act, or correction of any entries in Electoral Rolls (Section 22) or Inclusion (Section 23) during the recent Special Summary Revision published on January 6-7.

(With ANI inputs)