The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to spend INR 84 crores on repairing bad patches/potholes in the city as a part of pre-monsoon work.
The civic body’s road and traffic department said that there are 2,10,000 bad patches that need to be levelled. Officials plan to accomplish this task by June 15.
This year marks the first time the BMC is identifying bad patches in advance and this will help to prevent the formation of potholes during the monsoon, official stated.
The BMC will pay the contractor INR 4,000 per sq mt. According to official documents, the BMC will spend around INR 2.75 crore to INR 5 crore on such areas in a ward.
As per available data, bad patches across the city total to nearly 37,500 sq mt. From Colaba to Byculla and Kandivali to Dahisar, a purchase order (PO) of INR 15 crore has been issued.
In wards like Wadala, Antop Hill and Worli, there are 30,000 sq mt of bad patches, for which a PO of INR 12 crore has been issued.
In Khar, Bandra, Andheri East, Kurla, Govandi, Chembur, Mulund, Ghatkopar and Bhandup, INR 9 core will be spent for 22,500 sq mt of area.
Additional Municipal Commissioner (projects) P Velrasu has said that the material allocated is already much higher than demanded so not to exceed it and seek prior approval if needed. He has also sought completion of work within 30 days as tenders have a validity of only 45 days.
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