26% roads concretised: BMC allocates Rs 3,111 crore to complete project by next fiscal

In February 2023, the BMC had issued enactment orders for concretisation of 324km of roadworthy length/ 698 roads successful Mumbai astatine a outgo of Rs 6,000 crore. This task was the brainchild of erstwhile Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who had projected completion of this task successful 2 years and making Mumbai ‘pothole-free’.

Meanwhile, the civic assemblage said truthful far, lone 187 roads oregon 26 per cent of the projected roadworthy magnitude person been concretised truthful far.

“Even though the enactment orders were issued successful February 2023, the existent enactment connected crushed could lone statesman by October of that twelvemonth which went connected till monsoon arrived successful the archetypal fractional of June. Since civilian works couldn’t beryllium taken up during monsoon, the remainder of enactment could lone statesman aft October. As a result, the advancement has been slow,” Abhijit Bangar, further municipal commissioner (Projects) told The Indian Express connected Tuesday.

“The contractors who were awarded the enactment were caller successful Mumbai and they took clip successful acquiring permission. These factors besides affected the advancement of work. However, things person been streamlined present and enactment is going connected astatine afloat pace,” Bangar added.

In his fund speech, municipal commissioner and state-appointed head Bhushan Gagrani said the civic assemblage aims to execute 75 per cent of this task by the adjacent fiscal year.

Meanwhile, successful a abstracted enactment bid issued successful December 2024, the BMC initiated concretisation of 377km of roadworthy magnitude oregon 720 antithetic roads successful Mumbai. In his fund speech, Gagrani said that successful the adjacent fiscal year, the BMC is acceptable to execute 50 per cent of this enactment arsenic well.

“The concretisation enactment is going connected afloat plaything and we person instructed each the contractors to mobilise each their resources to guarantee the task deadline is met. We besides person received guidance from IIT-Bombay experts to guarantee prime and due modular of enactment is being maintained,” said Gagrani.

“We person been proceeding from sources that immoderate radical are facing inconvenience, owing to roadworthy concretisation works, adjacent though we haven’t received immoderate ceremonial ailment yet. However, we volition see to mitigate immoderate inconvenience faced by citizens if they are raised formally,” said Gagrani.

In total, for the roads and postulation department, BMC has allocated Rs 5,100 crore for aggregate infrastructure projects, an summation of Rs 989 crore from past year. Under this, the civic assemblage has projected a Mumbai walkability task successful which it aims to amended footpaths successful the metropolis to summation accessibility. The BMC has besides earmarked Rs 200 crore for constructing 2 multi-level robotic car parking facilities that volition travel up astatine Flora Fountain and Worli.