Mumbai: A delegation of BMC corporators on Monday conducted a site visit to the Mrunaltai Gore Flyover in Goregaon, which has been under construction for nearly eight years, to review its progress.The visit comes days after the BMC’s standing committee raised concerns over a sharp rise in project costs and declined to clear the proposal.The contract for the construction of the extended flyover spanning SV Road from Ram Mandir Road to Relief Road was initially approved at Rs 209.64 crore, including various taxes. However, the project cost has now escalated by Rs 38.33 crore, bringing the total to Rs 247.97 crore. The construction work is being carried out through the joint venture company MEPL-GYAN JV.During the inspection, several corporators alleged that the delay in construction appeared to be deliberate.Congress’s leader in the BMC and corporator Ashraf Azmi said the cost escalation could not be reversed at this stage, as the project is nearing completion. However, he criticised the handling of the project, saying it pointed to poor initial planning.He added that authorities should treat the experience as a lesson and ensure better planning and execution of infrastructure projects in the future.
