Hardlook: BMC’s mega concretisation challenge
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is working on an ambitious project to concretise city roads, holding a promise of “pothole free” Mumbai. However, it has left Mumbaikars in a state of repulse with nearly every nook and corner — from interior lanes to main swathes — being dug up.Data from the civic body shows that at present one in every four kilometres of roads in Mumbai are dug up to pave way for the new roads.
While Mumbai has a road network of 2,050 km — less than that of the national capital as well as other Metro cities in India — over 25 per cent or 525 km is dug up at present by the authorities and the BMC has set an ambitious target of completing all the ongoing works by May 31.
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Already beleaguered with a weak road network,...