Mumbai: BJP MLA Ashish Shelar Raises Concerns Over Sub-Standard Road Concretisation Work In Santacruz, Demands Audit

During a recent inspection of the road concretisation work in Santacruz West, Mumbai BJP President and MLA Ashish Shelar raised concerns over the sub-standard quality of materials used in the project. He pointed out irregularities in the construction of Bhargava road, urging the civic body to ensure better quality control.

Meanwhile, the civic authorities has assured that the contractors comprising with quality of roads will face serious action. The BMC has completed only 46 kms of the planned 324 kms in Phase 1, since last year. Currently, work is ongoing on 213 roads, while 298 roads are yet to be concretised in this phase. In Phase 2, out of 1,420 roads, 433 roads are under concretisation, with many still pending.

Shelar noticed substandard work during his inspection of one of the concretisation projects in the western suburbs. He was accompanied by Assistant Municipal Commissioner of H West Ward, Vinayak Vispute, and other concerned officials from the road departments.

Shelar has demanded a comprehensive audit of the work and also investigate the matter. The municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani took a review of road concretisation work in the last week. "Not only the contractor but quality management agency will also face the action if any concretised roads work is found to be of inferior quality," said a senior civic official. To ensure high standards and quality in the cement concreting process, the Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay  (IIT - B) has been appointed as an independent agency for monitoring the quality of roads work.