India, April 10 -- Crematoriums are coming in the way of the completion of a new bridge connecting Kharadi to Keshav Nagar, Hadapsar and Manjari; and a road connecting Shastri Nagar to Yerawada junction.

The new bridge (24 metres wide and 200 metres long) connecting survey numbers 68 and 69 in Kharadi to Godrej Properties in Keshav Nagar was proposed in 2019. Six years later, the bridge remains 20% incomplete on the Kharadi side due to the presence of three cremation grounds. With work stalled for several months, residents are forced to take a 3 kilometre detour via Hadapsar and Keshav Nagar.

Over 40,000 people live in Keshav Nagar with around 3,000 youths from this locality working at the IT Park in Kharadi. Currently, they are forced ...