Merely 1.2 km remains to be widened on Hans Bughra Road, where the BMC is unable to remove encroachments. Pic/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI

Once again, BMC's incompetence will cost Mumbai heavily, as much as Rs 743 crore this time, for the same work that would have cost just Rs 18 crore. After watching the civic body fail for five years to clear encroachment and ease traffic on the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR), the city's other planning authority, MMRDA, will now build a flyover in order to resolve the issue.