Mumbai Chief Minister tells BMC to complete beautification work on footpaths, flyovers by June end

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday instructed the BMC to complete beautification work on footpaths, flyovers and traffic islands by the end of June.

He also asked the civic administration to focus on cleaning of nullahs and their deepening and widening to address the issue of waterlogging in Mumbai during monsoon.

Thackeray held a meeting with the senior BMC and government officials, which was also attended by Minister for Urban Development Eknath Shinde.

BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, in a presentation during the meeting, said that 149 footpaths have been selected across the 24 administrative wards for beautification. Work on about 90 per cent of the footpaths will be completed by the end of May, he added.