India, June 30 -- The Maharashtra government has directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to immediately complete the installation of barriers along the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, Atal Setu, to prevent suicides. It will also constitute a high-level committee to recommend additional preventive measures.

The issue was raised in the legislative council on Monday by BJP's Uma Khapre, who expressed concern over the increasing number of suicides on the 21.8-km-long sea bridge, of which 16.5 km stretches over the sea.

Khapre said that while a CCTV surveillance network is there, emergency responders are unable to reach quickly enough. She added that the existing safety measures were inadequate to prevent suicides. ...