The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared that only 25 per cent concretisation of roads have been completed so far.
This development came days ahead of the monsoon season to set off in mumbai.
The completed works have been undertaken in the eastern and western suburbs. However, the work is yet to begin in the island city.
For the city, the BMC scrapped the contract with the previous tender owing to the delay in starting the work and a new tender was floated.
Official stated that no new roads are being dug up, considering monsoon is just days away. A deadline of June 7 has been fixed to make the dug up roads motorable.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Aaditya Thackeray questioned the BMC’s progress of road concretisation in ground.
Since the monsoons are almost here, I have a few questions for the @mybmc :
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) June 2, 2024
1) What is the exact status of mega (scam) road works initiated on 18th January 2023?
• with the amount of penalty imposed and collected from the contractor friends of the illegal cm.
2) I have…
Besides, MNCDF Citizen Welfare Forum also took to social media platform X shared the photos of potholes, which are endangering to lives, on Sahar Road next to P&T Colony Bus Stop, Andheri East.
"Despite road concretization worth ₹6000 crores across Mumbai, our city may never be pothole-free. BMC, you are instructed to repair it immediately."
Despite road concretization worth ₹6000 crores across Mumbai, our city may never be pothole-free. 🚨@mybmc The road in the photos annexed below is endangering lives. You are instructed to repair it immediately.
— M.N.C.D.F (@MNCDFbombay) June 4, 2024
Location: Sahar Road next to BEST P&T Colony Bus Stop, Andheri… pic.twitter.com/C2QPjKGDsO
For the unversed, the road works were taken up following the announcement of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in August 2022. He said that Mumbai will be made pothole-free by concretising all the existing roads of Mumbai.
Following this, the BMC had floated a INR 6,000 crore tender aiming to concretise 397km of roads in Mumbai.
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