BMC floats Rs 8,614-crore tender to concretise another 452 km of Mumbai roads

Mumbai: BMC has floated another mega tender worth Rs 8,614 crore for the third phase of its ambitious road concretisation project, covering stretches across the island city, eastern and western suburbs. The latest phase will cover 1,261 roads spanning 313 km for full-width concretisation, while side strips of another 176 roads, measuring 139 km, will also be concretised.

Side strips refer to portions of roads that were left out during earlier concretisation works, when the entire stretch from kerb to kerb was not taken up. These remaining portions will now be covered to ensure uniform concretisation, a senior civic official involved in the project said.

With the third phase, BMC aims to achieve 100% concretisation of Mumbai’s roads. The tendering process is expected to be completed by December this year, with work likely to commence in January 2027, officials said.

The ambitious road concretisation programme was initiated in 2022 after then chief minister Eknath Shinde directed the municipal administration, headed by then commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, to explore concretising all city roads to address Mumbai’s perennial pothole problem.