Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Mumbai Road Concretisation To Resume October 1, Finish May 2027
Mumbai plans to restart work on its roads on October 1.
The work was paused before the monsoon season.
Workers will first finish roads that are already partly completed.
Other roads will start after traffic officials give permission.
The project aims to make roads less prone to potholes.
It covers thousands of roads across the city.
The first phase should finish by December 2026.
The entire project is expected to finish by May 2027.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will resume road-concretisation work across Mumbai from October 1 after the monsoon break.
Partially completed roads will be taken up first, while new roads await traffic-police approvals.
The ₹17,700 crore project covers 2,179 roads spanning 715 kilometers across Mumbai.
The article reports 1,589 roads completed, 316 partially completed, and 274 yet to begin.
Phase 1 is targeted for December 2026, with all work expected to finish by May 2027.
- Who
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and its Roads department.
- What
- Road-concretisation work will resume, beginning with partially completed roads and later expanding to new roads.
- When
- Work resumes October 1; Phase 1 is due by December 2026 and the full project by May 2027.
- Where
- Across Mumbai, covering 2,179 roads totaling 715 kilometers.
- Why
- The project aims to make Mumbai’s roads pothole-free.
- Project cost
- ₹17,700 crore
- Roads covered
- 2,179 roads
- Total length
- 715 kilometers
- Work restart
- October 1, after the monsoon break
- Current status
- 1,589 roads completed; 316 partially completed; 274 not started
- Deadlines
- Phase 1 by December 2026; all work by May 2027
- Reported progress
- The article says 81% is completed, 10% is partially completed, and 9% has not started; it also gives the separate road counts above.