After several rounds of negotiations with the road contractors, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will finally start with the repair works of a few roads - but at the cost of 10 per cent more than the initial estimated amount. Every year, the civic body begins road repairing works just after the end of monsoon i.e from October 01. However, due to the introduction of the new 60/40 scheme, the whole process has been delayed by about four months.

As per the new scheme, the road contractors will get 60 per cent of the work amount after the completion of the work and 40 per cent will be given in phases till the defect liability period (DLP) ends. The DLP for asphalt roads and cement roads is 5 and 10 years respectively. Owing to this, the BMC had to bargain hard with the contractors which delayed the entire process.