Overview
- The 750-metre, four-lane extension was inaugurated and opened to motorists on Saturday and city officials say it will ease east–west travel between Goregaon and Andheri.
- The contractor M/s MEPL–Gyan JV was fined for missing revised deadlines after a project begun in 2018 ran over schedule and costs rose to about ₹248 crore.
- Within 24–48 hours of opening viral videos showed visible joints, tyre marks and patchy sections that opposition leaders and commuters described as poor workmanship.
- The BMC’s Bridges Department says a 40 mm mastic-asphalt wearing course was used and that the rough, patch-like look is normal immediately after laying and will smooth with traffic, adding that work met IRC and MoRTH standards.
- Opposition parties and independent engineers have demanded the BMC publish evenness, level tolerance and roughness test records and have called for an immediate third-party inspection to verify surface quality.