India, Feb. 6 -- For over a decade, residents of 20,000 flats of Lokhandwala Complex, a township in Kandivali East, situated on the east of the Western Express Highway (WEH), have been beleaguered with traffic snarls, accidents and frequent incidents of road rage. As their complaints to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and traffic police failed to yield any action, they decided to take charge.

They have created a blueprint that details a scientific way to improve the road leading to the township, which would help manage traffic, and presented it to the civic body recently.

One-and-a-half kilometers of a 90-ft road connects the township to WEH. Motorists are compelled to drive through this stretch crowded with shops and autor...