Proud to be Mumbaikar,remarks on Metro wrongly read: Big B

“My blog represents my heart and on the matter of the Metro it clearly says the ‘general happiness’ that it brings to ‘commuters’ and that ‘the misery of crowded locals and the uncertainties of the three-wheeler or the yellow-black cab shall hopefully be greatly reduced’. Indeed,I have ended the piece by saying welcome ‘fellow passengers’. By fellow passenger I include myself as one,” Bachchan said.

“My request to everyone who visits my blog is to read it in its entirety rather than pick up words and fabricate stories which create an unnecessary sensation.”

Besides saying that there was “general happiness” among commuters about the metro rail coming up in his blog post dated august 28,Bachchan had also written that his house Prateeksha in Juhu was inspected by metro authorities.

“But here is the killer .. it is going to roll over Prateeksha !! Yesterday the authorities came over to check externally the structural condition of all houses that would get affected by the rail car moving in its proximity and they came into Prateeksha. So bye bye privacy and hello fellow traveler,” he had written.

The comments had been interpreted by some as an indication of the unhappiness of the actor over the project just like singer Lata Mangeshkar opposing the Peddar Road flyover project. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday,Patil,without naming Bachchan,said he had not read the blog but added that it was also necessary to consider the problems faced by others.