The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed a consultant to study the source of leakage on the eastern freeway and recommend solutions to fix it. The infrastructure project, which is not even a decade old, has already started running into problems. Commuters have been facing the leakage problem inside the Anik Panjrapole tunnel. However, once the civic body receives the report, it will also take up repair work of the uneven road surface. A proposal regarding the same was passed by the standing committee on Wednesday.

The freeway, that was constructed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and handed over to the BMC for maintenance, has proved to be the most important link between South Mumbai and the eastern suburbs. The 16-km-long stretch has reduced travel time to 40 minutes, which was approximately one-and-a-half hours previously.