Eye on BMC polls, Rs 2,200 crore road works to begin soon

MUMBAI: After much back and forth the BMC has decided to retender the 30-plus road work tenders which had been recently red-flagged after contractors bid 30% below the actual cost of Rs 1,200-crore. In an additional bonanza for corporators ahead of the BMC elections in February 2022, the municipality will also float tenders for another Rs 650-crore road works and Rs 350-crore road repair works in Mhada layouts.

“A 15-day short tender will be called for the road works. But, all Rs 2,200-crore worth of works will not be floated together, it will be done in phases within the next month,” a senior BMC official said. “As it is a short tender, we hope to table the proposal before the civic standing committee for approval by November.”