After several citizens complained of shoddy paver blocks on footpaths, the BMC is now planning to do away with them altogether. The civic body recently ran a successful pilot project on VN Purav Marg in Chembur to test a batch of ‘concrete-stamp’ footpaths instead of the old, lacquered paver blocks, which could be rolled out to all parts of the city in the future.

The procedure involves placing a layer of a special-type of M-30 grade concrete on the footpath and then using stamps to give a paver-like impression