01 May,2025 04:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar had found serious quality issues in the road. Representational Pic/BMC
Taking a strong action against faulty work in road concretisation project in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday said that it has suspended an engineer and imposed Rs 75 lakh as penalty.
The Mumbai civic body said that a sub-engineer has been suspended and fines worth Rs 75 lakh have been imposed after poor quality work was found in a road concretisation project in the H (West) ward of the BMC.
An official statement said that as per instructions from BMC Commissioner and Administrator Bhushan Gagrani, the contractor has been fined Rs 50 lakh and the quality monitoring agency Rs 25 lakh for using substandard Dry Lean Concrete (DLC) in the road base layer.
It said that the contractor has also been ordered to remove the faulty work and redo it properly using quality materials.
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The action followed after a surprise inspection on April 7 2025 by Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar, who found serious quality issues in the road surface-- uneven grading, poor compaction, and improper concrete mix, the statement said.
It was also found that the mandatory seven-day curing time for the DLC had not been followed, with only three days completed instead of the required seven, it said.
Despite being given a chance to explain, the responses from the engineer, contractor, and quality agency were found unsatisfactory following which the BMC proceeded with the disciplinary action, it said.
Bangar stated that ensuring quality in road construction is the shared responsibility of the contractor, engineers, and quality monitoring agency.
Any deliberate negligence or carelessness will lead to strict action, he stated.
The statement said that the BMC is working to complete cement road concretisation project in Mumbai by May 31 with an aim to make city roads pothole-free.
The city civic body has issued strict orders to the contractors and its department for timely completion with top quality standards and to ensure timely completion of road works, surprise visits, on-site engineer presence, and accountability are being done by top BMC officials as part of its monitoring efforts.
Bangar said that the contractors and engineers must take the work responsibility seriously. The BMC will not hesitate to take strict action if quality is compromised in any way, the statement said.
