After spending crores of rupees for years on resurfacing bridges with asphalt that is now weighing them down, the BMC plans to remove all of it at a cost of another Rs 14.4 crore.

As per two proposals submitted by the civic body, a single contractor will carry out the work on 16 ROBs, half of which are over railway lines. The decision has been taken based on a structural audit conducted by IIT-B, which states that unused service cables and extra layers of asphalt on the bridges should be removed to lessen their load.