The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ongoing Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project for additional connectivity between eastern and western suburbs in North Mumbai has seen a cost escalation of 60.42 per cent in the past three years, and an escalation of 28.7 per cent in the past year alone, according to figures from the civic body’s budget 2023-24, presented on Saturday (February 4).
The increase in the project cost has been attributed to additional aspects included in the project, such as safety measures of fire proofing the tunnel, laying utility chamber under the tunnel to prevent future digging, additional electric work for better lighting, involvement of foreign crew for construction, and cost escalation due to a delay in the project work.
