Bandra Worli Sealink Fireworks on the eve of inauguration

Billed as an engineering marvel, India's first sea bridge was thrown open in Mumbai, promising to cut travel time by 80 percent
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the gleaming new bridge, called the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), which was conceived over four decades ago and executed by HCC (Hindustan Construction Company). She became the first person to go up and down the BWSL in her motorcade.
This is the most prestigious project for the Maharashtra State Road Development Corp (MSRDC) in over a decade after the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, which was also built by HCC and is expected to cut travel from 60 minutes to around six minutes from Bandra in northwest Mumbai to Worli in the south.
The 5.6-km bridge on the Arabian Sea cost Rs.1,634-crore and the authorities hope some 150,000 vehicles will use it each day for a toll that ranges between Rs.50 and Rs.100 per trip depending on the size of the automobile.
Those present at the inauguration on June 30, 2009nincluded Ajit Gulabchand, CMD, HCC, Chief Minister Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, central Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Heavy Industries Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.

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The fireworks is done by Amir Morani Fireworks!

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The fireworks is done by Amir Morani Fireworks!

Wow this is truely amazing!!