Soon, 40 per cent of Mumbai roads will be under repairs, adding to the existing chaos created by the dug-up roads. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to invite a tender worth Rs 7,000 crore to concrete 400 km of asphalt road. The BMC is preparing the draft of the tender, which will be published soon.

There are around 2,050 km of roads in Mumbai. In 2022, BMC decided to convert all asphalt roads into cement concrete ones. Additional Municipal Commissioner P Velarasu also confirmed the update. “BMC will invite tenders for the remaining 400 km of roads for concreting very soon,” he said. “In this tender, BMC will include minor roads of three and six metres for concreting,” an official stated. BMC has converted 1,148 km of roads into concrete ones. By 2022, the concreting of the 990 km road was completed. During 2022-23, BMC completed the concreting of 158 km of roads. Currently, the concreting of 400 km of roads is underway.