Mumbai roads will be pothole-free in next two-and-half years, says CM Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said the roads of Mumbai will be cement concretised and potholefree in the next twoandhalf years reported PTIHe was speaking at the launch of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations Mumbai Beautification Project at Gateway of India in MumbaiShinde said within one or two months there will be visible change in the cityInforming that the BMC had invited bids for cement concretisation works worth Rs 6000 crore the CM said he had asked the BMC to give contracts to reputed firms instead of issuing it for small patches piecemealShinde further said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked his government to carry out radical change in Mumbai in keeping with its status as the countrys financial capital and an international cityAlso Read Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde directs BMC to beautify Mumbai ahead of G20 meetingSpeaking on the occasion Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asked people of the metropolis to accept some troubles while roads are being concretised as it would result in potholefree roads for the next 30 years without the need for repairsRepeatedly the same contractor same work and the same money Every year this formula was going on A decision has been taken to stop this formula in the municipal corporation Fadnavis said adding there will be transparency while allotting and implementing these worksWithout naming former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray or his Shiv Sena UBT party Fadnavis said those who couldnt come up with these beautification and cleanliness initiatives had taken a meeting on Wednesday to bring threefour parties together to come up with a strategy to find flaws in these works and have even formed a task force with this aimMumbai municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said the civic body will complete black topping of 120 kilometres of asphalt roads within 30 to 45 daysHe said as part of the Mumbai beautification project works such as painting of flyovers beautification of beaches and traffic islands painting of walls along major roads LED lighting on important streets will be carried outThe work of beautification and cleanliness of forts Koliwadas and civic gardens has been undertaken and the BMC has also accepted the challenge to construct 10000 new toilets to improve sanitation besides upgradation of 3000 toilets transferred to the civic body by MHADA Chahal saidWith inputs from PTI