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Sheetal Mhatre, an ex-corporator of Congress alleged that the roads from I C colony in Borivali West which were included in the contract given through tenders in 2022 were mentioned in tenders floated in 2024. “I represented and was aware of the locality well. I visited each road mentioned in both tenders. The BMC changed the description slightly but they are the same roads. Why don’t they provide sketches so that we can compare them? I have been asking for maps of the roads under RTI for one month, but the BMC is not ready to provide them. They should have put the maps in the public domain as the matter is related to the public,” said Mhatre.

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She added, “Work of resurfacing of Godavari Mhatre Road, Kalasekar Parab Road, Mangeshrao Sawant Road, Narayan Mhatre Road, Damodar Mhatre Road, Balkrushna Tawade Road, Rajaram Tawade Road, Rajaram Tawade road in Mhatre Wadi at Borivli West is in progress and will be completed by this month. All these roads are included in the new tenders. If they wanted to concrete these roads, why have they wasted public money on these roads?”

Asif Zakaria, ex-corporator from Bandra said, “The BMC hasn’t been able to complete even 15 per cent road works from the tenders floated in December 2022, and even then they have floated tenders for the rest of the roads. The tender process won't be completed before monsoon and the traffic police won’t permit all these roads at the same time. Then why is there so much hurry? Do they want to empty the coffers of the BMC?”

Gaikwad said, “Why is the BMC hiding information asked by the public representatives through RTI? The BMC is working only to give contracts to selected friends. This must be just a tip of the scam which is going on all over the city by adding the same roads in both tenders. We demand inquiry for the same.” 

Protest march

The INDI alliances have decided to hold a protest march at the civic body headquarters near CST on March 6 against various alleged irregularities. A meeting of the constituent parties of the ‘INDIA’ bloc was held on Monday at the Mumbai Congress office. The meeting was attended by representatives of AAP, Communist Party of India (CPI), Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP), CP (M), Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) participated. It was decided at the meeting to hold the protest.