BMC’s overenthusiastic concreting has not accounted for roads levelling with footpaths, effectively eliminating them. mid-day checks out three locations across the city where locals are wondering where their footpaths went
12 May,2025 09:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
To meet the deadline, BMC engineers must visit the work sites, monitor progress, and ensure that contractors follow the timeline. Any issues must be quickly reported to the senior officials, an official statement said
06 May,2025 07:10 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Taking serious note of these deficiencies, a show cause was issued to the assistant engineer, the contractor, and the quality control agency
05 May,2025 07:59 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Civic body fined the road contractor Rs 50 lakh; the concreting was done at 34th road in Bandra West; the civic body also issued a fine of Rs 50 lakh to the road contractor, while the quality control agency has been fined Rs 25 lakh
02 May,2025 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
NGO, cattle farmers allege corruption in roadwork; demand urgent inspection by independent expert; cattle farm owners from Aarey have echoed similar complaints
29 April,2025 08:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Activists, residents say high time some answers and responsibility were forced out of authorities for paralysing city with haphazardly dug roads
26 April,2025 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
Mumbai’s people with special needs and the elderly left stranded amid chaotic digging and inaccessible footpaths. Under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, citizens have the right to safe mobility. Yet, the concreting of roads has only made life hard for disable persons
25 April,2025 11:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
Citizens and service providers express disbelief at how haphazard road work has made some areas in the city completely unreachable in case of emergency
24 April,2025 11:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
Activists and lawyers cite court order that mandates boards displaying details of start and end of infra work at site, yet city road work doesn’t sport a single such sign
23 April,2025 06:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
Nobody's roads
Citizens from the length and breadth of Mumbai are united in their fury over pavements disappearing because of unhinged digging and plain official apathy. mid-day and its readers ask just why has BMC become so callous about citizens’ safety
22 April,2025 10:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-dayADVERTISEMENT
