As part of its pothole-free Mumbai goal, the BMC has started the concretisation of 140 roads, with a collective length of 70 km. The civic body has assured the Bombay High Court of weather-proof roads across the city in the next two-and-a-half years. Officials said work on more roads will start in phases as they are awaiting clearance from the traffic police. 

In January, the civic administration got the go-ahead to concretise 532 roads that have a combined length of 236 km. However, the work didn’t pick pace before the rain due to technical reasons, said officials. In July, the HC had pulled up the corporation over the city’s potholed roads.