MUMBAI: Following a diktat from chief minister Eknath Shinde last month that all roads should be cement concretised by 2024 to eradicate the pothole problem, the BMC on Tuesday invited bids from five companies for Rs 5,800 crore works for 400km of roads- more than twice the Rs 2,000 crore it spends on an average annually on repairs.
BMC officials said floating of the tenders was a step towards making the city pothole-free.