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Mumbai's dug-up roads raise questions: Why no sign of signage, BMC?
Activists and lawyers cite court order that mandates boards displaying details of start and end of infra work at site, yet city road work doesn’t sport a single such sign
23 April,2025 06:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
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Mumbai's dug-up roads: Who took my footpath?
Citizens from the length and breadth of Mumbai are united in their fury over pavements disappearing because of unhinged digging and plain official apathy. mid-day and its readers ask just why has BMC become so callous about citizens’ safety
22 April,2025 10:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
Nobody's roads
City in a mess: Over 500 km of Mumbai roads dug up amid BMC’s poor planning
One fourth of Mumbai’s 2050 km of roads currently dug up for various reasons, creating unimaginable chaos and potentially dangerous situations; mid-day’s deep-dive series exposes BMC’s poor planning and flawed operations
21 April,2025 02:43 PM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
Mumbai: Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde gets a feel of shaky wheels
Wheelchair-bound activist shows Eknath Shinde just how challenging footpaths are at Dadar Parsi Colony; During Shinde’s inspection, he visited the Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC), the city’s verdant residential area, near Khodadad Circle
17 April,2025 12:17 PM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Mumbai: Aarey road cracks invite BMC whip
Civic body bans contractor, fines ready-mix concrete plants Rs 20 lakh each for poor-quality work; Additional Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar inspected Dinkarrao Desai Road in Aarey Colony and found the work quality to be poor
17 April,2025 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Maharashtra: Unopened stretch on Samruddhi road patched up, shut
Development comes following two mid-day reports highlighting how motorists were putting workers at risk, and how the concrete surface had already started showing cracks
04 April,2025 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Mumbai: Cracks before cars! Samruddhi Highway stretch raises quality concerns
Cracks appear on unopened Amane-Igatpuri stretch, raising doubts over road construction quality
02 April,2025 07:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Delhi CM promises pothole-free roads before monsoon
Following a midnight inspection of road repair work on the Outer Ring Road stretch from Madhuban Chowk to Mukarba Chowk on Sunday, Gupta directed the officials to prioritise public convenience and ensure there is no negligence in execution
01 April,2025 04:59 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Mumbai: BMC prioritises completion of concreting works across western suburbs
Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar has directed officials to adopt an 'end-to-end' approach, ensuring entire roads are completed rather than working in scattered patches
28 March,2025 04:59 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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MID-DAY IMPACT: PWD starts rectification work on Aarey’s faulty CC roads
Repairs begin after mid-day exposes flaws in newly concreted stretches
26 March,2025 10:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav