‘Dying Would Be Better’: Fed Up With Traffic, Mumbai Highway Residents Write To PM Modi

Frustrated and deeply distressed by unending traffic jams and dilapidated road conditions on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad National Highway, over 100 residents from the Naigaon-Chinchoti-Vasai area have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking permission to die by suicide.

In protest, residents of villages such as Sasunavghar, Maljipada, Sasupada, Bobat Pada and Patharpada in the Naigaon-Chinchoti-Vasai belt gathered on the highway itself, stating that what used to be a one-hour commute has stretched into five or six hours, putting their livelihoods, education, health, and daily lives under severe strain.

Locals say that worsening potholes, unregulated traffic, and poor road management have turned their everyday travel into an ordeal.

As per media reports, large groups gathered at the Sa