Following up on an RTI query which had revealed that the BMC had only levied a fine of Rs 5000, Advocate Godfrey Pimenta’s second RTI regarding the same matter, has now revealed that out of the Rs 87 crore contract cost of the whole project of the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge, an amount of Rs 7.78 crore has been withheld by the civic body. The BMC claims that a fine of Rs 3.56 crore will be levied.

What happened

The Gokhale bridge’s completion had been delayed by two years due to a misalignment with the CD Barfiwala flyover, which left an almost 2-metre-wide horizontal and vertical gap between the bridges. This delayed the opening of the bridge to 2025. The bridge had been closed in 2022.