On record
Mumbai's flagship coastal road, meant to be completed in 4 years from contract award, took over 6 years and multiple phased openings before full completion, with costs escalating by over ₹1,243 crore due to BMC-attributed delays including a mid-project change in pillar design. BMC penalised the contractor ₹14 crore for the delays even as it publicized claimed benefits like a "70% reduction in travel time."
The official record states: "Delays were attributed to BMC-side execution issues and a change in pillar design partway through construction; the civic body imposed contractor penalties while still absorbing the cost escalation."
“Six years for a four-year road, and a ₹1,243-crore overrun the BMC attributed to itself.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-coastal-road-project-phase-1-bmcs-delays-cause-cost-overrun-of-1243-crores-contractor-penalised
- https://www.constructionworld.in/transport-infrastructure/highways-and-roads-infrastructure/change-in-pillar-design-to-cause-delay-in-mumbai-coastal-road-project/39603
Visitor reviews Satire
“Superb drive from Marine Drive to the sea link, and only two years late and twelve hundred crore over.”
“BMC fined the contractor fourteen crore for delays it attributed largely to its own mid-project change of pillar design.”
“Four-year project, six years of construction, and a seventy percent reduction in travel time that arrived at a premium.”
