A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which audited the expenditure incurred by the BMC between November 2019 and December 2022, has pointed out possibilities of a cost escalation for the proposed Rs 529-crore railway over bridge (ROB) at Mahalaxmi.
The ROB is supposed to be a cable-stayed bridge that would extend above the railway tracks and connect Dr E Moses road in the west to Keshav Rao Khade Marg in the east.
The CAG report stated that while the estimated cost of the project was around Rs 507 crore, the work order was issued at Rs 529 crore – at a higher cost of 4.25 per cent.
