Commuters and motorists face difficulties in navigating the stretch, as vehicles are forced to slow down or swerve to avoid the damaged patches, increasing the risk of accidents, especially during heavy rains

The craters have exposed the civic body's claims of a pothole-free monsoon

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday claimed that it has completed 49 per cent of the total planned road length by May 31 under its ambitious road concretisation project

It has also launched a mobile application, Pothole Quickfix. to streamline pothole complaints and their quick resolution

The complaints will be tracked by the 227 secondary engineers appointed per electoral ward and will be tracked around the clock. The app also provides a workflow of the open tasks with preset deadlines for closing the complaints