Mumbaikars must now brace for 'work in progress' signs on roads again. Several city roads have been dug up to resume road improvement work halted during the monsoon season. These include concretisation, asphalting, repairs of footpaths, side strips (smaller footpaths), lighting, painting of dividers etc.

Every year, the BMC undertakes road works after monsoon to strengthen existing roads or to construct new ones. Its annual budget for this is around Rs 2,000 crore. This year, too, several projects were taken up in pre-monsoon contracts to ensure a pothole-free monsoon.