BMC fines contractors Rs 1.22 Crore
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been strictly monitoring the reinstatement of roads ahead of Ganpati festival.
BMC has been regularly cracking the whip on contractors in charge of pothole-filling work and has collected fines total of Rs 1.22 crore so far.
Contractors under the civic body’s road department, its ward level and other related departments have been made to pay up the fine amount since June 1. Fines of Rs 89.8 lakh have been levied on road department contractors for not attending to potholes within 48 hours.
Similarly, ward level contractors have been asked to pay Rs 27.1 lakh for substandard work on filling up trenches as well as for potholes on minor roads.
The civic body has fined contractors from other related departments such as bridges, storm water drains, sewage and hydraulic engineering as well.
Ward-wise, contractors from the western suburbs have been fined Rs 65.9 lakh, while those from the eastern suburbs have been fined Rs 40.4 lakh and those from the island city have been fined Rs 10.5 lakh.
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