Tuesday 5 March 2013

BMC Bridge Work on Mithi River is going Slow



To avoid 26 July 2005 flood like situation, BMC had decided to build 5 bridges on Mithi River from CST to Powai. But tiil now only Krantinagar Bridge has been completed and Bmc has already spent. 51.06 crores on 4 bridge projects. It has been revealed by RTI query filed by me.
I asked BMC bridges Dept about how many bridges were constructed on Mithi River from CST to Powai and what is status of all bridge work. BMC bridge Dept Executive Engineer of Eastern Suburb replied that Krantinagar bridge work is completed so  far and bmc spent Rs 5.72 crores. This bridge is important for Mithi River because it is close to Airport culvert where Bmc Width is 12.50 meter and 102 mt length. Originally its width is 8.35 mt and length is 34.25 mt.

Kurla Kalina Bridge is widened by 20.80 mt (6 mt) and 125 mt by length (46 mt) which total cost is Rs 24.90 crores. But when it was not completed till 31 Dec 2010, so Bmc gave new deadline for 12 April 2013. Ashok Nagar bridge is new one and Bamandai pada bridge was not completed till 16 April 2011. Then New deadline was fixed 16 nov 2014 and total cost of both Bridge is Rs 20.44 crores. Bamandai bridge's new width is  18.30 mt ( old 6 mt) and length is 28.75 mt (old is 25 mt). Ashok nagar bridge is newly constructed by bmc with a width of 18.30 mt and length is 45 mt. The CST Bridge is proposed and its estimate and drafting is in tendering process. Its length is now 50 mt which be increase by 1000 mt and width is proposed 45 mt which now only 12.90 mt.

BMC officials slow work  affected to complete all bridge work within the new deadlines. There has not been cost escalation which is a good news for mumbaikars. "But its BMC's duty to make available bridge for traffic movement.

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