India, Jan. 7 -- Traffic movement on a crucial stretch of the arterial Veera Desai Road in Andheri West will be completely shut after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections for the demolition and reconstruction of the dilapidated bridge over Mogra Nallah at Dhake Colony.

Ajit Borhade, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), told HT, "The BMC was waiting for my notification, which I issued on January 5. Since the ward office has a strong room and the office of the returning officers, the road will be shut post-elections as EVMs (electronic voting machines) will pass from that road."

A civic official, requesting anonymity, said that the tentative date for closure is February 16. The closure falls within the jurisdiction o...