Faced with delay in completion of work on a bridge on the Mithi river, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to hand the project over to the Mumbai Metropolitan Development Authority (MMRDA). The civic body will pay Rs 51.81 crore to MMRDA to complete the reconstruction of the bridge, work on which has been pending for the last four years. The BMC has said that the work will be handed over to MMRDA as the authority has a team of technical experts for carrying out “such risky projects”.
On Wednesday, the Standing Committee of the BMC, in a meeting, cleared the proposal of paying Rs 51.81 crore to MMRDA as the contractor appointed by the BMC has failed to complete the reconstruction of the crucial bridge at CST Road,
