The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to approve a proposal to pay fees to IIT-Bombay as consultant for the construction of the Gokhale bridge in Andheri. The Bridges Department has tabled the proposal, but the BMC’s inaction is delaying further construction of the bridge. According to a senior BMC official, IIT-B has refused to check the drawings till their consultation fees are cleared by the civic body. The fees are allegedly pending due to approvals awaited from the civic chief as administrator.

After part of the Gokhale bridge collapsed in 2018, BMC started constructing the approach road to the new bridge in 2020 which was supposed to be over by April 2022. “The construction of part of the bridge within the railways premises was to be done by the railway administration. However, a few months ago, the Railways requested that the BMC construct this as well,” said an official of the Bridge Department.