On record
This 750-metre flyover extension, originally meant to take 24 months, took roughly 7 years and three cost revisions to complete. Within hours to days of its high-profile inauguration, videos showed visible potholes and patchwork on the freshly laid surface, triggering opposition outrage. BMC had already imposed escalating delay penalties on the contractor (₹25,000/day rising to ₹1 lakh/day) after it missed the revised deadline.
The official record states: "BMC characterized the rough patches as "part of the mastic asphalt process" that would "settle with traffic," while opposition leaders called it "appalling quality of work" and said "war zones have better roads than Mumbai.""
“Seven years to build, three cost revisions, and potholes on the day it opened.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/war-zone-have-better-roads-than-mumbai-opposition-leaders-hit-out-at-bmc-over-poor-quality-of-newly-opened-248-crore-mrinal-tai-gore-flyover
- https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/mumbais-rs-248-cr-mrinal-tai-gore-flyover-riddled-with-potholes-hours-after-inauguration-bmc-says-part-of-technical-process-4031167
Visitor reviews Satire
“Seven hundred and fifty metres, seven years, and potholes visible before the flower garlands were taken down.”
“BMC says the rough patches are part of the mastic asphalt process and will settle with traffic. My suspension disagrees.”
“The contractor was being fined a lakh a day for lateness, which apparently bought speed rather than surface.”
