Regular commuters faced heavy traffic last week due to Global Fintech Fest, which was conducted at Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre located at BKC. BKC is infamous for its traffic in Mumbai as the central business area is home to numerous offices including headquarters of many large banks, stock exchanges, and stores of multinational brands like Apple Inc. and Tesla.
Hence, the area naturally sees a huge of wave cars and buses commuting from a different direction of Mumbai during office hours. Strategically located close to Western Express Highway and the Mumbai International Airport, BKC was developed with the aim to decongest South Mumbai. The area is also part of the Smart BKC initiative.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is mulling to levy a congestion on all vehicles that spends 50 minutes or less in the BKC area. However, the congestion fee will likely do a little to aid the unbelievable traffic condition at the business hub because of East-West connectivity issue. The Government is developing the urban metro route to aid the traffic at BKC.
