Pothole-free roads: BMC prohibits digging on newly-built cement and concrete roads

In a major development, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prohibited digging and trenching on newly constructed Cement and Concrete (CC) roads and asked all ward-level officials to find alternate means of laying utility cables where such roads have already been built.

Usually, the responsibility of maintaining roads in Mumbai after their completion lies with the contractors, till a specified time known as Defect Liability Period (DLP). The DLP of roads depends on several factors, including the quality of raw materials used in construction and the volume of load that includes pedestrian and traffic movement.