The concrete curing process, which is a part of the monsoon preparedness planning, will be completed by June 2. Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar has directed the departments concerned to remove all the road barricades by June 5 to resume smooth vehicular movement across the city
The work on 30 roads have been partially completed using mastic asphalt. PIC/BMC
Under the ongoing initiative to make Mumbai's roads pothole-free, the concrete resurfacing work has been completed on 1,385 roads across the city within the scheduled timeframe, stated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The concrete curing process, which is a part of the monsoon preparedness planning, will be completed by June 2. Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar has directed the departments concerned to remove all the road barricades by June 5 to resume smooth vehicular movement across the city.
Bangar conducted an inspection of the ongoing works in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai on Wednesday night. He reviewed the work at Sant Kakkaya Marg in Chembur, Saki Vihar Road, Sicova Industrial Road in Ghatkopar (West), Subhash Nagar Road in Bhandup (West), Surya Nagar Road in Vikhroli (West), Marathon Galaxy Road and Baba Padmasingh Road No 5 in Mulund (West).
Under the cement concretising road project, the BMC said it has completed pavement quality concrete (PQC) works. The work on 30 roads have been partially completed using mastic asphalt. Most roads have been completed end-to-end, while others have been finished junction-to-junction, the civic body informed, adding that the remaining work will be taken up after the monsoon.
On Thursday, Bangar reviewed the status of these projects at the BMC headquarters in Fort.
He stated that the planned road concreting works for this season are nearing completion. While the original deadline for completing the PQC works was May 20, the deadline was extended to May 23, after the city received pre-monsoon showers. This extended deadline was effectively met, he claimed.
With PQC works completed, the final works are currently progressing. These include thermoplastic marking, cat-eyes, directional signs, traffic safety symbols, and junction grids—all of which are scheduled to be completed by June 5. To avoid traffic disruption, these works will be carried out at night.
Given the early onset of the monsoon, road-specific plans should be developed to dispose of leftover materials and debris, Bangar directed the departments concerned. He also said that dedicated teams must be formed, and additional workers should be deployed where needed. He stressed that the removal of debris should be completed within the next two to three days.
In view of the recent heavy rains, Bangar also directed that careful checks be made to ensure stormwater drains are cleaned and free-flowing.
“Water should be flushed through the drains to verify there are no blockages. When connecting newly concreted roads to existing junctions, the junction level must be made uniform using mastic asphalt. He also instructed department offices to submit updated lists of authorised speed breakers, and to begin restoration of these speed breakers,” said Bangar.
Thursday’s meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner (Infrastructure) Shashank Bhore, Chief Engineer for roads and traffic Girish Nikam, as well as Deputy Chief Engineers, Executive Engineers, Assistant Engineers, and Sub-Engineers.
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