The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on March 10 (Monday) floated a Rs 85 crore tender for Mumbai Coastal Road Project’s operation and maintenance for a period of five years.
The 10.6 km-long high-speed corridor had been maintained by the BMC, which includes repairing bad patches, maintaining the twin tunnels and other ancillary operations.
Civic officials maintained that as per the new tender’s guidelines, the contractor will be responsible for routine inspections, the fire fighting system’s maintenance, towing and deploying patrolling vans, marking vehicular lanes and painting and maintenance of the existing road signs.
“As of today (March 10), The maintenance work will be carried out from the money allocated to the coastal road department in the BMC’s budget every year. By floating this tender we decided to compartmentalise the fund where a portion will be utilised for operation and maintenance work specifically,” said a civic official.
Civic officials however maintained that upkeep for the tunnel ventilation and unlimited power supply (UPS) system will be maintained by BMC for two more years, following which the role will be assigned to the contractor who will be awarded this work order.
“When we incorporate additional work in the existing tender, that will lead to cost escalation, which will be revised in the tender that will be floated later,” said the official.
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