Mumbai: BMC steps in to fix MSRDC flyovers, begins resurfacing four key bridges

Updated On: 15 November, 2025 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Eeshanpriya MS

After flyover pothole outrage, civic body steps in again, this time to fully resurface four MSRDC bridges before next monsoon; the blame game between the two agencies even led BMC to put up a board at the start of the Vakola flyover declaring that MSRDC, not BMC, was the maintenance authority.

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Potholes on the Vakola flyover continue to slow traffic and create long jams. File Pics/Nimesh Dave

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After facing public outrage this monsoon for potholes on flyovers actually maintained by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had stepped in to fill them, despite not being responsible for their upkeep. The blame game between the two agencies even led BMC to put up a board at the start of the Vakola flyover declaring that MSRDC, not BMC, was the maintenance authority.

Large potholes on the Vakola flyover and the traffic congestion caused by them