The civic body, which was already facing backlash for not building footpaths on the recently opened arm of the Delisle Road bridge, has another bad news. The second arm, which will land on N M Joshi Marg, may not be ready in July like the BMC had planned.

The BMC opened one arm of the bridge on June 1, and was expecting to open the second one by the end of July. But, officials are finding it difficult to meet this target due to rains. “We had set this deadline because we thought we would get a long dry spell in June,” said an official.