Mumbai coastal road project: 36% of work completed against 40% target, says BMC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed 36% of the total work of the coastal road project, against the 40% target it had set for completion by mid-2021.

According to authorities, instead of the earlier target of July 2023 for project completion, the civic body aims to finish all the work by December 2023. The Covid-19 restrictions have affected the pace of the work.

The completed work includes about 470 metres (m) or 25% of tunnelling work of one tunnel and reclamation of 105 hectares (ha) of the total 111ha, Vijay Nighot, chief engineer for the coastal road project, said on Tuesday.

“At present, the piling work, casting of piers and girders, construction of the ramp work at Marine Drive and tunnelling work are in progress,” said Nighot.