The issue of illegal trenches on roads has been raised again in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). A corporator has requested that a policy be made to deal with illegal trenches that damage roads across the city. Many corporators and engineers have raised the issue earlier but the corporation is yet to find a solution.

Trenches are narrow ditches dug up for work, usually by utility providers. All utility service providers such as internet, MTNL, gas and electricity companies, etc. can dig up roads only after taking permission from the BMC for repairs, laying of wires, etc. Hence all trenches dug up without permission from the BMC are illegal.